Three Hollywood members stopped in Ames on Wednesday to rally supporters for Bernie Sanders in advance of the Feb. 1 Iowa Caucus.

Actors Justin Long, Brendan Hines and Jonathan Sadowski chatted with students outside of the bookstore in the Memorial Union.

Long, known for his roles in films such as “Dodgeball” and “Live Free or Die Hard,” encouraged students to vote for Sanders, who Long believes is the most ideal candidate.

“I believe [Sanders] has the most integrity and he’s the most decent and honest politician, to the point where I’m shocked that he is a politician,” Long said.

The environment is Long’s biggest concern, he said, which causes him to stand firmly with Sanders.

“Selfishly … I want the world to be around in the next 30 to 40 years,” Long said. “[Sanders] seems to have a clear, definitive plan in terms of trying to reverse that.”

The support of Hines, who has appeared in popular TV shows such as “Scandal” and “Lie to Me,” for Sanders comes from the candidate’s verbal passion for the working class.

“Those are the people we need to help build up in order to make the country function the way that it is intended to,” Hines said.

Sadowski, who is known for “She’s the Man” and “Friday the 13th,” has a more personal view on his support for Sanders.

“I watched my mother work from [5 a.m.] till [7 p.m.] for 30 years every day,” Sadowski said. “I want a candidate that sticks up for my mom.”

While Sadowski said he wants a politician to protect his family, he also wants someone who stands for education.

“People think this idea of free public university is radical, but it’s not,” Sadowski said. “We’re actually way behind the curve on this stuff.”

The three celebrities, who arrived Monday night, attempted to attend as many events as they could to gather “bodies for Bernie,” Hines said. Long said he understands Iowa’s importance during this time of the political year, even though he didn’t know of the extent until only days before.

“My whole life, I’ve been hearing ‘caucusing,’ but I didn’t know exactly what it meant until yesterday,” Long said.

Sadowski has seen enthusiasm from the students and students doing their part to make change, he said, including students who support other candidates. The trio reflected on having open-minded conversations with students of various views, including an open-minded Republican student.

“Right now, the millennials have officially overcome the baby boomers as the largest voting majority in the United States, and this is a very important election” Sadowski said. “It’s shaping up to be a great race.”

Hines said he sympathizes with college students for the pressure they endure while making large life decisions, but believes that the community aspect gets overlooked in the process.

“We all will eventually be working together as a nation that supports each other,” Hines said. “I don’t necessarily think that’s something people tend to focus on when they are … in college.”

Hines hopes to reach out to students about their hesitations in caucusing and voting while on campus, he said. He believes that if everyone who thought their vote didn’t matter showed up and voted, it would make a difference.

“Apathy is sort of a self-feeding mechanism … it doesn’t work out so well for Americans,” Hines said.

On a personal level, Long said he admires the campus’ beauty and the eager students he has met.

“It’s inspiring to see how many students are coming out for this and seem like they want to engage in the political dialogue,” Long said.