Will smith in a gay movie
So, get this: Will Smith—yeah, the Bad Boys legend and Box Office king—almost didn’t leap when it came to one crucial scene in his motion picture Six Degrees of Separation. The movie had Smith playing a gay con artist, a massive alter from his Fresh Prince days, but there was one thing he couldn’t bring himself to do: kiss his co-star, Anthony Michael Hall, on screen. And the reason? Adequately, it’s pretty shocking.
Here’s the deal: Will wasn’t emotionally ready to commit to that scene. &#;I wasn’t emotionally stable enough to artistically commit to that aspect of the film,&#; he confessed in a interview with Entertainment Weekly. It sounds like a lot of pressure for a fresh-faced actor trying to make it in Hollywood, right? He was worried about what people in his hometown of Philly would think. &#;I was thinking, ‘How are my friends in Philly going to think about this?’&#; Yeah, that’s a real thing when trying to stay true to yourself while making a big break.
But hold up—it wasn’t just Smith’s worries. The dude had strong advice from Denzel Washington, who told him direct up, &#;Don’t be kissing no man.&#; That didn’t help the situation. Will was still figuring things out, and having a
A Hollywood film is incomplete without a passionate brush that leaves the viewers feeling the entire zoo in their stomachs. Will Smith has had his fair share of intimate moments in front of the camera but there was a film where he refused to shut lips with his co-star. Why? Well, Denzel Washington may have had something to do with it all.
Years ago, Will Smith played a gay traits in Six Degrees of Separation. He was supposed to engage in a kiss with his male co-star but eventually ended up refusing the plan after consulting Denzel Washington. While he did proceed on to regret saying no, it looks fond Denzel Washington has finally come around after his gay kiss was trim from Gladiator 2.
Denzel Washington’s Advice to Will Smith
When Will Smith was just starting out in the film industry, he landed the role of conman Paul in Six Degrees of Separation, a clip based on the namesake play by John Guare.
Since the film was released in and his personality was supposed to be gay, it goes without saying that there were some reservations surrounding the film. Even Smith couldn’t come to terms with the idea that he would have to smooch his co-actor, Anthony Michael Hall in the
Before his reign as Box Office King, Will Smith was a freshman thespian trying to make a name for himself outside the rap world. During this time, Smith took on his first show role in , playing a gay hustler but refusing to kiss his co-star on-screen.
In the s, Will Smith took on his first movie role in Six Degrees of Separation, where he played a gay con gentleman who hustles a wealthy couple in New York&#;s high society.
While the critics loved Smith, it was later revealed that the co-stars weren&#;t that fond of the actor&#;s behaviour on set. Multiple reports stated that Smith reportedly refused to kiss his co-star Anthony Michael Hall on camera. Years later, the Bad Boys actor said he regretted that decision.
In December , he told Entertainment Weekly: &#;It was very immature on my part.&#;
Smith revealed he decided to avoid kissing scenes after consulting Hollywood legend Denzel Washington, who told him bluntly, &#;Don&#;t be kissing no man.&#;
Smith revealed he was embarrassed by how his friends would react to the scene. &#;I was thinking, &#;How are my friends in Philly going to think about this?&#; he said.
The Hancock star added, &#;I wasn&#;t emotionally solid enough
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Images from Six Degrees of Separation (Fred Schepisi, )
To get the overdiscussed out of the way: Fred Schepisi’s film version of John Guare’s play Six Degrees of Separation features one of cinema’s most laughably evasive gay kisses. As has been widely reported and mocked, Will Smith, fresh off The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and protective of his burgeoning stardom, refused to lock lips with co-star Anthony Michael Hall during a crucial scene. The result is a flagrant and prototypical movie play around, in which strategically placed backs of heads and judicious editing are meant to create the illusion that the two actors did the deed. Of course, no amount of film magic can really trick the viewer into seeing the opposite of what’s actually there: an obvious and not-at-all uncommon example of an actor’s attempt at self-preservation that expresses so very much about the puritanism and homophobia that have gone into so much Hollywood image-making for so long.
The botched kiss has always
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