HOLLYWOOD - Leonardo DiCaprio, the force behind a new campaign urging the youth to vote, turned up on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show on Thursday, October 2, to hand deliver the PSA featuring a number of Hollywood entertainers including Ellen.
The Body of Lies star invited a host of celebrity pals to his Hollywood home, where the PSA was shot, to speak their mind about the importance of voting. DiCaprio's PSA advises younger voters by saying, “Don’t Vote.” Don't worry mom and dad, the hope is that they are stubborn and do the opposite.
DiCaprio told DeGeneres, "Forest Whitaker, Tobey Maguire, will.i.am and myself were talking about how soon the voter registration deadline is and it's only days away and, with 35 states in our country, the deadline is October 6th - that's this Monday... so we really wanted to do a PSA to really encourage people to get out there.”
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"This is one of the most important elections of our lifetime and we really need to tell everyone we know to get out and register,” continued DiCaprio. "We have this campaign that's, 'Tell five of your friends,' so if you go online, at least send it to five friends and it's gonna spread like wildfire."
In the PSA, DiCaprio, Whitaker, DeGeneres, Maguire and stars like Dustin Hoffman, Demi Moore and Usher poke fun at those who have not registered to vote, saying, "Don't vote."
Other celebrities join the ad, with Courteney Cox asking, "Who cares about your children's education." And Jamie Foxx and DiCaprio ask, "Who cares about global warming and the fact that our polar ice caps are melting," as Jennifer Aniston chimes in, "I hear polar bears can swim!"
The ad has already achieved it's initial goal, DiCaprio explains on Ellen's show, "In the first hour (of posting it online) we got 10,000 more people registered to vote."
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