The real reason that Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, director of the director
"No excuse for someone or anything, but I can say that he is a good man," said filmmaker Antoine Fuqua.
It will take long before cinema fans forgetWill Smith slacksChris Rock At 2022 Academy Awards. Smith, rock and the old woman,Jada Pinkett Smith, a sincecommented the shocking moment. Now another person close to Smith has talked about what he thinks is the reason for the incident.
Antoine Fuqua Made Smith in the upcoming filmEmancipation, and he explained in a new interview withVanity that he believes whatSmith endured during the shooting Can have played a role in slap. He also defended the character of Smith, saying that he "had seen a different person" during their work together only on the Oscar scene. Read the rest to learn more about the reasons why Fuqua thinksEmancipationPerhaps led to Smith's actions that evening.
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Fuqua thinks that the film's trauma had an impact on Smith.
Emancipation is inspired by the story of a enslaved man known as the whipped stone and his escape towards freedom. Smith plays the main character and is also a producer of the film. He finished two months before the Oscars, and Fuqua thinks that the traumatic nature of the story combined with the stressful whole may affect Smith's state of mind.
"The film was to end in October, but we only finished this film in January because of a hurricane, heat, tornado and 12 other things. It was really crazy," said FuquaVanity Fair."It is really difficult to release a character who has been brutalized and called the word n every day - in form, every day - and always be the nicest in the world. That, I know."
TheTraining day The director continued: "So no excuse for anyone or anything, but I can say that he is a good man and I hope that people will be able to forgive him and that we can go ahead . I hope Chris and find a way to sit together, in private, whatever, and make amends. I think it would be an incredible statement. "
He called Smith one of the most beautiful people he met.
Fuqua explained that he was struck by Smith's kindness when they worked together.
"[I] did not feel real at all, because I was with Will for two years and I did not meet a more pleasant human being," said Fuqua about the discovery of the slap. "I am honest on this subject. He was nice to everyone on the set. Will would go around and shake hands - we had 300 extras and soldiers. Marines. We had to prevent Will from doing this because of COVID . He's funny. He's fun. We had some extras who were corpses in the tombs, and he would go to give them money to extend to this heat to more than 100 degrees. "
Among the Oscar incident, he said that he "had seen a person different from that time in time, and therefore my reaction was this special moment for me when it comes to Will Smith." He added that he also knew rock and called him "a good guy too".
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Smith said the film was "exhausting".
Smith did not comment on the Oscar incident in his own interview withVanity, but he had an answer when the journalist suggested that he "could not have been easy to get rid" to play hisEmancipationcharacter.
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"Entering the character of Peter was exhausting; physically, emotionally and mentally mentally," said Smith. "Not only for me, but for each person working on the film. We had therapists and spiritual teachers on the set. We had a pastor. The daily recall of the ruthless treatment of a race of people punished in our minds."
He also apologized to Rock.
During the Oscars on March 27, Smith went on stage and slapped the rock presenter after the actor made a joke on the shaved head of Pinkett Smith. (Pinkett Smith shaved his head due to his diagnosis of alopecia, whichShe struck frankly.)
The day after the prize ceremony show, Smith apologized to Rock in aDeclaration published on Instagram. Heagain excused In a five -minute YouTube video shared in July. As for Rock, he referred to the situation in his comedy shows. During a show, he said , "Whoever said that the words were struck were struck in the face."
