Should Will Smith Play Obama?

By The Colbert Report

July 8, 2008

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Superstar actor Will Smith, who plays a disliked superhero in Hancock jokes that he only supports Obama so he can play the senator when a movie about this year's election is created. Colbert wonders if Smith's role in his current blockbuster is a metaphor for another superpower that has become disliked by the world. Watch the video above for more

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