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I would literally Hey, what's going on everybody?
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For First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans and you're watching Hot Ones.
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It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today we're joined by Will Smith.
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He's a titan of music and film, a hip-hop pioneer, and one of the biggest box office draws in the history of cinema.
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For years, he's owned the summer weekends and he has yet another blockbuster on the horizon, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, which is set to release in theaters on June 7th.
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Will Smith, welcome to the show. Thank you, Sean.
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I'm very happy to be here. Are you, though? Are you, though?
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What's your mindset like going into this?
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This is This is terrible.
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No, I I am the guest that is least prepared for uh this show. Like, I drink iced tea.
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I won't even do hot water. And that's this one? That's that one. Okay. Okay.
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That's the classic, that's simple. Mhm. And one bite is good. Okay. All right. One bite is good.
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We're just looking for intended effect.
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Yeah, we're just trying you know, we we're just trying to get to know each other. That's a good one.
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As someone who's long studied the variables that make films work, Mhm.
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why do you think Bad Boys has had such an enduring run?
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You know, still making films almost 30 years later after the original. Yeah. I heard a great thing.
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Somebody Somebody said uh you have There there are three kinds of friends in your life.
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That and you that you call at 3:00 in the morning and one kind of friend looks at the phone and pretends like they were asleep.
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There's a second kind of friend that picks up the phone but makes you feel bad for being in trouble at 3:00 a. m.
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And the third kind of friend, the one that you want, is the one that you hear them putting their pants on while they're answering the phone. The ride or die.
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The ride or die, you know, and I just think that idea is like life is so hard.
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Everybody wants somebody that's like it's whatever, man. What What do you need?
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I'm there, you know, and I think that is the core of Bad Boys that is is really resonant on a universal level. Seeing double. Here we go.
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So you got to try to commit. So I'm trying to commit.
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You don't have no punk on this other side of the table right now. No, I know.
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Like Like I'm You know, I'm committing with you. I know.
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I can see it in your eyes.
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And I'm trying to commit early so I'll be full by the time we go.
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You know, there's a lot of debate right now about the state of the blockbuster.
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Sorry, it's it's It's getting me a little bit now.
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So yeah, that's how it works. That's how it works.
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Cuz I'm like An endless ink spilled about the death of the marquee movie star.
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As somebody who's been at the top of the box office for three decades, do you have any sort of take on the changing definition of a hit in Hollywood?
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No, the de- The definition of a hit is still pretty hurt.
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The definition The definition of a hit is still pretty much the same.
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Um it is you know, uh essentially it's just harder to get one, right?
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You used to be able to put in a put some explosions in the trailer and a couple of good jokes, and people were there.
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And television is so good, there things that people just aren't going to leave their house for anymore.
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People, you know, so there's a there's definitely a higher demand for a certain type of film for people to leave their homes. Fermented kimchi.
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That was the one I could taste.
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I like the taste of that one.
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See, we're going to turn you into a hot sauce fiend by the end of this, will Yeah, so that's what I like.
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They they they they I'm not mad at that one.
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Right in your wheelhouse.
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That's my favorite so far.
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All right, we'll get Fermented kimchi.
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Well, we'll take we'll give you a bottle to go.
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Yes, that one's very good.
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See, once you described director Michael Mann as a thorough cinematic scientist, Yeah.
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what immediately comes to mind when you think about his uncompromising commitment to authenticity on camera?
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So, for for for me the the like the the nexus of cinema is between action and cut. Right?
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Your movie your you make your movie between action and cut.
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And Michael Mann defends that moment, defends the space for the actor to do something that they they they haven't even planned, right?
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He like he creates such massive authenticity around that moment, and he's trying to capture magic.
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He's trying to capture lightning.
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When we were shooting Ali, Michael Mann wouldn't allow music to be played on the set that was made after whatever date we were shooting.
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Like that's how like wild he is about capturing the authenticity of a moment.
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Um there was a shot uh in the movie where we were on an airplane.
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And they were like, "Michael, for a third of the cost, just shoot it on the ground and you have an But he wanted He knew he had actors that didn't like flying.
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So he took the plane off and we circled LAX and we shot the scene with the plane actually moving.
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And for actors like Mi- Michael Mann is is one of one.
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I'm getting a little cocky.
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Let's stay in that pocket.
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So this next one is the Hot Ones Barbacoa here in the forest one. Hot Ones Barbacoa. That one's interesting.
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It's like a smoky Yeah, it's it's less less hot saucy more barbecue saucy.
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It has a little bit more A little more pop on the end of that one.
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Definitely some pop on the end of that one. can't handle.
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Yeah, no, I still feel good. I feel good.
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What is the significance of the Battle of World Supremacy?
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And then as an MC, what's the key to winning it?
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It was the biggest thing in hip hop in the in the early days, right?
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So at the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan In Times Square. Yeah, yeah.
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they would rent out the the the ballroom and there would be a DJ battle and an MC battle.
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And Jeff was the first person from outside of New York that won.
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He won the 1986 DJ battle for for World Supremacy.
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Historic day at the Marquis. One more for you. one more.
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At the age of one, I had just begun on my journey to the T O P. Can you finish the line?
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And at the age of two, everybody knew I was a hellafide huh MC.
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I actually wrote the huh.
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I was a hellafide huh MC. Still got it, Will. Still got it.
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That was That was the first one I ever wrote. Wasn't Meow's Revenge.
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It's burning feels like it's sticking in my throat. I know.
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You know, it'll be a cumulative effect, too.
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As we As we work our way through this whole thing. I feel good.
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That one's getting to my eyes.
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Well, be careful around your eyes, though. Be careful.
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You know, cuz you'll want to rub.
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Yeah, we got extra napkins. We got stuff over there. Be very careful, Will. Be very careful.
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So, when we had Ludacris on the show, he talked about how he would buy a car off the lot of every Fast and Furious movie.
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Is it true that you tried to adopt Abby the dog? Yes. Yes. Am Legend.
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Man, Abby It was like Abby spoke English.
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You could say, "Hey, Abby, do you see where I left my phone?" She was, "Woof."
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Like she literally could understand you.
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It was the weirdest thing.
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Abby was the breadwinner of her family.
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And uh she had to stay, but yeah.
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It was really amazing to watch how right, you know, the scene in um where she bites bites bites, where uh we have to do the scene where I choke her out and she lays out. Abby's doing that.
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He trained Abby to go limp and I laid her I laid How do you train a dog to go limp?
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And she would bite bite bite bite bite.
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And he would say, "Abby, die."
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And she would go And I And I laid her down.
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She was It was like working with A BRILLIANT ACTRESS.
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YOU LOSE your ability to talk to people. It's funny.
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It mess It actually It messes up your brain.
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I'm feeling really inarticulately. You don't sound it. I don't. No.
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I should have warned you cuz this one That one took a bigger jump.
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That was a That was a That was a bigger jump. You didn't And you knew. I did. You know what?
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But I didn't really realize it till after I got hit by it. You know what?
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I'm just so into the moment right here now, Will, that I forgot to give you a warning.
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And when you think of cuz you're like, "Oh, 1 2 3 4 5, this one's just 6." It's not. No. This one's 9 and 1/2.
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That's a good one, though. The taste is good.
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It's just messed up by the hot. Yeah.
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And it has that tail on it and it grows a little Yeah, it's growing. Yeah.
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Yeah, there's a little violence there, but Yeah. You got it. You got it.
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As one of the most prolific action stars of my life, my generation, what's the most painful inadvertent real-life hit you've ever taken while shooting a sequence? Mhm. Michael Bent in Ali.
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Michael Bent played Sonny Liston, and I was leaning back, and my trainer was trying to get me to get the angle of my spine forward.
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And in the second, I just was like, "You know what? Commit."
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And I committed and leaned forward, and almost as an instinctual reaction, Michael Bent threw a right hand.
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I saw it coming at the last second, and I put my head down, and he caught me with a right hand right on top of my head, but it didn't knock my head back.
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It compressed my neck down onto my spine and I felt an electrical shock go down the back of both arms to my elbows.
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And all I could think was where the [ __ ] are my keys? Where are my car keys? Right?
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And it was like And you know how when you're a little boy, you ever do the 9-volt battery?
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I had that And I had like had that like an electrical taste in my mouth and that that was that was like the the hardest I've ever been hit on a on on a movie set.
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That was a that was a rough one.
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I feel like I look stupid.
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Do I look stupid cuz I'm trying I'm trying to keep movie star face cuz movie star face is important.
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Listen, I know right now I'm looking at a movie star. Okay, thanks. Good thanks.
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Do you have an all-time favorite sneaker moment? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right.
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An all-time favorite sneaker moment from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
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You know, between the great fives that are in the Courting Disaster episode to the metallics that you wore in the intro, it really is like an embarrassment of riches. Yes.
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Um That one's hurting my lips now.
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Um the all-time favorite Jordan moment.
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Jordan and Nike wanted me to have the shoes before anybody had them.
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So, I would see ideas and you know, the prototypes and things like that and you get them before they come out and it was like a really, really great time to have a hit television show.
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The interesting thing is how it affects your ability to form a sentence.
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Like that's a really That's an interesting It's a messed up show.
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And then this one's scrambling everything. Will, be careful. That is crazy. That's like gunpowder. Wow.
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Oh, [ __ ] That took me back to interest right there.
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Oh, [ __ ] All right, that was the one. Mhm.
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Oh, [ __ ] Coughing is like splashes it. Yeah.
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And brings it back alive.
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Yeah, like putting oxygen on a fire or something. God damn Oh, darn it. Oh.
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What I want to do on this wing, Will, is play a little bit of a game, all right?
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Called Name That Tagline.
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Where I hit you with the Will Smith movie tagline and you try to connect it to the Will Smith movie. Does that sound good? Will Will Smith tagline.
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Yeah, and I tell you the Will Smith movie.
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Yeah, I'll give you the tagline, you give me the movie if you can in these bizarre circumstances.
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It's not paranoia if they're really after you.
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I'm going to say Enemy of the State.
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Ding ding ding ding ding. One for one.
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One man, one chance, no turning back.
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One man, one chance, no turning back.
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That must be a Denzel movie. Seven Pounds. Oh, Seven Pounds. Yeah. All right.
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We're one for two over here. One for two. How about this one? All right.
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There are heroes, there are superheroes, superheroes, and then there's Hancock. Bang bang. How about this one?
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Every person is a new door to a new world. Is that uh 6°?
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Oh, yeah, 6° of separation.
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The cure for the common man.
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Uh cure for the common man. Hitch. Hitch. There you go. You are on a roll.
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Some things can't be learned, they must be remembered.
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Some things can't be learned, they must be remembered.
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Some things can't be learned, they must be remembered. Is that a Denzel movie?
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Is that a Denzel Forest Whitaker. I don't know. Which one is that?
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The Legend OF BAGGER VANCE. AH, YES, YES, YES.
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At the sperm bank, they asked for a tall intelligent black man.
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One out of three ain't bad.
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I don't think I made that movie.
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You didn't play You didn't play uh You didn't PLAY T. K. WALTERS?
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YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S UH MADE IN AMERICA, MADE IN AMERICA. YEAH. Made in America. There we go.
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Impressive run considering the circumstances.
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Well, right through that game. was the one.
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What if I told you I could bring you in some ice cream right now? Ice cream? Is ice cream good?
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That would I would like some ice cream if that I got you. I got you. Oh, yes, thank you. at this. My eyelids are hot.
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This next one is called peppers up, if you're ready. I'm full. All right, peppers up.
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What's the key to winning a game in Monopoly?
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You know, it's clear that you're very proud of your prowess as a board game player.
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It's increasing the uh sting on my eye on my eyelids.
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I feel I'm feeling it's making my my eyes water in a unique way.
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The physiological effects will as we go through it. yeah, yeah, no. I'm good. I'm good.
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Wow, that's a And then be careful you know what I'm worried about.
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no, I'm not going to wipe anything in there. Okay.
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But it's uh I want to have a reaction with my tear ducts.
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I would literally No, no, I'm I'm I'm the one of the best Monopoly players in the world.
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The key to winning Monopoly is the same key to to winning at craps.
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Like you got to understand the dice and the probability and the likelihood of the numbers that are going to come.
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And you're playing at a I got you.
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You're not going to have it that interest go all the way to the end and you stop with me.
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So it's a tradition to put a little extra Just a little bit.
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Just a little dab'll do you. That's perfect. That's perfect. That's perfect. Textbook. All right.
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Cheers, well, what a run. What a run. What a run. And And it is, well.
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The wings of death are behind us. Yes.
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And just one more question, okay? Before we roll curtains.
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If a cinephile were to ask you Mhm.
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to name four Will Smith performances, and this is not binding, this is just how you're feeling today under these ridiculous circumstances with your brain slow roasting in hot sauce, what would you say are the four performances that best define your career as an actor?
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I think the uh the individual uh best movie uh in in all around that of uh that I've ever made is is The Pursuit of Happyness.
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I think that's the one where like where where it wasn't Oh, there you are.
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Where it wasn't where it wasn't just where it wasn't just My tears are Are like hot. They're spicy. They're hot.
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Um right behind that is the first Men in Black.
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Direction and cinematography and music.
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I think uh among the the most fun I've ever had making a movie is is like Bad Boys and Aladdin.
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Like just the most the most fun.
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Uh but in in terms of like, you know, all around best movies, best performances.
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If I had to put four of them in a time capsule, it would be uh Pursuit of Happyness, uh Men in the first Men in Black, it would be I Am Legend, um and and probably King Richard.
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Set it in stone and take a look at you, Will Smith.
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Taking it on the wings of death and living to tell the tale.
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Now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you. Yes.
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camera, this camera, this camera, let the people know what you have going on in your life.
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Um Uh Bad Boys in theaters June 7th. Wow. That's really good.
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Now, I'm happy to get to the end.
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I was very uh cuz I didn't think I was going to get to the end.
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So, I'm uh uh I I've I've uh feel accomplished.
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Uh someone's going to have to drive me home. I'm good. That was amazing.
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I've been wanting to do this, too. I'm very high. I was looking at Idris.
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And I was like I was like, I know he wouldn't do that if it wasn't real.
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I was like, he's having a time there right now. Oh, man.
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