Morgan Freeman is asking people who trust him to be like him and get a coronavirus vaccine.
“I’m not a doctor,” the 83-year-old actor admits in a public service announcement for Creative Coalition, a nonprofit arts advocacy group, “but I trust science.”
“I’m told that, for some reason, people trust me, so here I am to say, ‘I trust science, and I got the vaccine,’” he says. “If you trust me, you’ll get the vaccine.”
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Freeman, who, in addition to his many nominations, has won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe each, has used his iconic voice to narrate numerous historical and scientific documentaries. He also played God in the 2003 film Bruce Almighty and its 2007 sequel Evan Almighty.
Getting vaccinated is “called taking care of one another,” Freeman insisted in the PSA. “Help make our world a safe place for us to enjoy ourselves again, please,” he said.
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Other celebrities have used their star power to encourage people to get vaccinated. Dolly Parton changed the words of her 1974 song “Jolene” to “vaccine” while waiting to receive her first shot. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Martin, Samuel L. Jackson, and Martha Stewart are among the group of stars who have publicized their vaccinations.
