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, Smith appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah to promote his upcoming film Emancipation and discuss how he's spent his year post-slap.Noah immediately turned his attention Smith's starring role in Emancipation, a slavery epic from director Antoine Fuqua about Whipped Peter—an escaped slave whose heavily scarred back was photographed and became one of the most graphic depictions of slavery, helping to galvanize abolitionists to end the institution once and for all. “Emancipation is not the kind of film we would expect to see you in as Will Smith,” said host Trevor Noah.
“So, why this project?” “American slavery was one of the most brutal aspects of human history… It is hard to understand the level of human cruelty," said an emotional Smith, who had already begun dabbing tears out of his eyes before he responded. "My daughter asked me, ‘Daddy, do we really need another slave movie?’ I said, ‘Baby, I promise you, I wouldn’t make a slave movie.
This is a freedom movie.'”In , Smith and Fuqua spoke about the hazards of embodying a character like Peter. Fuqua called Smith “the nicest man in the world,” and revealed that “the movie was supposed to end in October, but we didn’t finish that movie until January,” noting that “it’s really hard to release a character who’s been brutalized and called the N-word every day.” Smith revealed that getting into character as Peter “was grueling; physically, emotionally and mentally in every way," and echoed that sentiment on The Daily Show.
“This character, what he had to endure and what he had to survive, only God could make that possible,” he told Noah. Noah eventually pivoted to Smith's incident at the Oscars, noting that it's been a long time since the public has seen Smith. “I've
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one tampon joke. And we were like, ‘Are we going to make this character trans for one joke? Yeah.”For Howard, who has directed four feature films now and a whole lot of television, it was a moment of “complete freedom,” and one that he didn’t take lightly.“I think this is the first time I just had the, the complete freedom with myself and the actor to decide,” Howard told TheWrap.
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“I didn’t want to make a slavery film about vengeance,” Will Smith told GQ in 2021 to explain his much-lamented decision to turn down the title role in “Django Unchained.” “This was one that was about love,” he continued to explain why he finally felt he could make a film about slavery. After years of avoiding cinematic portrayals of this dark chapter in African-American life, that project is Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation.” READ MORE: ‘Emancipation’: Will Smith “Completely Understands” If People Aren’t Ready To Support Him But Hopes New Film Is Still Embraced The task he set out to achieve is more complicated than it might initially appear.
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Will Smith is out and about promoting the hell out of his new drama, “Emancipation,” which Apple is pushing heavily this awards season. And as you might expect, whenever he is interviewed, not only does he get the chance to talk about the film, but he has to give an explanation/apology for his actions earlier this year at the Oscars when he slapped Chris Rock on stage.
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Acknowledging the hesitation. Ahead of the release of Emancipation — his first movie since he infamously slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars — Will Smith is getting candid about the type of reaction he anticipates from fans.
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