London
(ANI):
Actor
Will
Smith
has
compared
US
presidential
hopeful
Barack
Obama
to
one
of
the
greatest
political
figures
of
the
last
50
years,
Nelson
Mandela.
Smith,
who
is
in
London
promoting
his
latest
film
Hancock,
discussed
the
movie
but
seemed
more
than
happy
to
talk
about
the
man
who
he
regards
as
a
political
superhero,
Obama.
The
actor
even
went
on
to
compare
Obama
with
Mandela.
"Nelson
Mandela
is
kind
of
the
one
person
I've
said
yes
to.
And
Barack
Obama
was
probably
only
the
second
person
that
I've
really
to
this
level
said
yes
to," BBC
quoted
him,
as
saying.
"And
that's
because
I
believe
what
he
believes
in.
"I
travel
around
the
world
a
lot,
and
I
was
kind
of
used
to
people
being
happy
when
the
Americans
showed
up.
That
sort
of
changed
over
the
last
eight
years.
So
I'm
excited
about
the
new
possibilities
of
hope
and
change
that
Barack
is
bringing,"
he
added.
Smith
also
described
why
he
thinks
people
in
his
position
should
get
involved
with
and
try
to
influence
people
when
it
comes
to
politics.
"Individuals
have
to
decide
what
they
want
to
do,"
he
said.
"I
think
I'm
a
pretty
good
judge
if
someone's
a
good
person.
So
I
just
lend
my
support
to
people
that
I
believe
are
good
people,"
he
added.