So the big question on everyone's minds after hearing that Will Smith and Tony Romo made a surprise visit to Lake Highlands High School's pep rally yesterday was, "Why?" According to Advocate columnist and RISD school board member Luke Davis, "this was, believe it or not, a cold call."
I talked to Davis, LHHS principal Walter Kelly and RISD spokeswoman Liz
Morse today about the whirlwind of the celebrity visit. "Will Smith,
apparently, when he goes to these towns promoting these movies, he
likes to do good," Morse says. "He is philanthropic, and he knows that
he can make a positive impact, and he particularly is interested in
children."
Kelly says the school received a call Monday afternoon from the
advertising agency representing the premiere of his new movie, "Seven
Pounds", and was "basically looking for a high school had a high degree
of school spirit." They were looking for an opportunity for Smith to
speak to a lot of kids at once, Morse says, and with two Lake Highlands
teams going to the playoffs, that was appealing to him.
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