Hollywood Stars Team up in the Bid to Stand Up To Cancer

Aug. 23, 2010 - PRLog -- The most recent Stand Up To Cancer PSA advert features a multitude of our favourite Hollywood stars to get our attention. It is a public service announcement that has gone straight to YouTube as it is funny yet sincere. The stars in the video help show the odds of such things as being struck by lightning, getting trapped in an elevator and tripping up whilst texting. It’s a moving advert aiming to convince the public to Stand Up To Cancer.

   The advert itself is voiced by Dakota Fanning, who also demonstrates the small but possible chances of catching a ball in a baseball game. The advert also stars actors such as Zac Effron, Vanessa Hudgens , Zachary Levi, Kristin Bell and Logan Lerman. A rotating cast of these and other actors tell us ‘It's up to us to change the odds for our generation, for the ones we love, for our future’.

The whole idea behind the Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) PSA "Change The Odds" advert is to tell the public the odds of contracting some form of cancer. For a mal it is a one out of two chance, for a female, it's one in three. These are extremely high chances and although cancer mortality rates are falling the battle is still very much in existence.

   The poignant advert finishes with Dakota Fanning telling us ‘If you don't like the odds, stand up. Stand up to cancer’. She really is an amazing actress, as are the others who took part in the advert and showed their support for the cause. The PSA serves to promote Stand Up to Cancer's September  10th  telethon, a one-hour fundraiser that will be simulcast commercial-free across major networks, including NBC, ABC and CBS, as well as cable stations including E! and VH1.

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