“How come he don’t want me, man?”
From what I’ve heard, Will Smith’s father actually left him. This wasn’t entirely scripted. Will went off on his own rant, and the hug at the end was genuine.
His character was just supposed to shrug off his dad leaving again and he starts to but then Will goes off script. That whole speech is coming entirely from him. The hug at the end is also genuine, actor to actor not character to character.
God, I will never stop loving Will Smith.
All the awards.
All my emotions.
oh god this scene always makes me so sad
i understand how you feel, will, i really do
this just made me want to cry
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Thanks a lot, Will. Way to make my light-hearted entertainment hit too close to home.
NOT TRUE. “Dad was tough but not tyrannical,” Smith told Essence. “He kept me in line. He’d get this look that said,...