Malvern for brighter times with his new lover and actress from Happy Days. Romance sparked between the grieving actor, who played Bobby Ewing, and Linda Purl after they got chatting on Zoom during lockdown, two years ago. There was an "attraction, pull and compatibility" that they couldn't ignore despite the burgeoning romance being online.
New fresh prince Jabari Banks is ready to conquer 'Bel-Air'
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prince of Bel-Air. The series is streaming on Peacock with a new episode on Thursdays.Cooper says searching for the actor to play the new Will was not an easy task, and that he was looking “for a unicorn.""Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of auditions poured in.
We needed a guy who had the swagger, the charisma, but also the pure acting chops, who uses his eyes," he said. "Jabari Banks is such a star and he shines so bright.”The parallels between Smith and Banks seem tailor-made for Hollywood.
Like Smith, Banks is from west Philadelphia. He's also a musician working on his own EP, which he says is a mix of R&B, hip-hop and alternative genres, and plans to release it later this year.
He also loves fashion and “The Fresh Prince” was a trend-setting show.Banks says he's taking this huge opportunity “one day at a time,” and cites an anecdote from Smith's autobiography, “Will,” about his father assigning him and his brother to build a wall brick by brick.“I’ve been following that motto and going about my day to day like that," he said.The series, now streaming on Peacock, was immediately given a two-season order.“Bel-Air” was conceived by Cooper, a filmmaker in Kansas City who taught himself to shoot film on a camera bought at Best Buy. He grew up loving “The Fresh Prince" and believed the premise of the show could still work today — but also reflect the times.“If you remove the laugh track from the sitcom and really look at the scenario from a bird’s eye view, the story really lends itself to drama.
A young Black men from west Philadelphia gets into a scuffle and is forced to relocate across the country. What does that look like in modern day life? It lends itself to some really interesting dramatic moments that are rooted
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