US actor Omari Hardwick is in SA: here's why!

American heartthrob Omari Hardwick is visiting South Africa, to film a new Castle Lite commercial.

The actor from the hit TV series Power will in the next three days film the summer campaign in Cape Town.

“I have tasted Castle Lite. I love it. The green bottle is what makes it interesting. I have been a beer drinker since collage. It’s interesting that you watch so many celebrities and the brands that they uphold or endorse a brand – they get paid a lot of money for that. You then wonder when you see the commercial that did they partake, even an ounce. So it was very cool to be involved in something that I will be literally involved in,” he said of the collaboration.

Asked about his first impression of the country at the press conference held in Sandton he said he hasn't done much yet.

“I haven’t seen much of South Africa yet, I was talking to someone about Cape Town vs Joburg. It was ironic because I would have hit West Africa, prior, then a family emergency was the reason for it not to happen. It’s interesting to first start out in South Africa.”

He explained that in the end it all worked out.

“You are not an American of a conscious if you are not following Mandela’s work to unite a country. This would be the first place that I would imagine that god would want to be first.”

Omari said he will be channeling his on-screen persona, Ghost, during the campaign.

"Ghost is confident, cool and impressive. He even makes me cooler. Omari is ok, but Ghost is cooler,"he joked during the announcement.