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Filming Emancipation was always going to be an emotional experience for his actors, whatever happens. The film (out on Apple TV + Now) is inspired by a enslaved man, Rock , which has become known as "whipping Peter" because of the famous photograph of him with scars on his back which became a symbol of the abolitionist movement. Will Smith Stars in the film, which shows the dangerous trip of the main character to freedom in the 1860s.

In a new interview, Smith shared that one of his co-stars would not speak to him or not speak to him to keep an aspect of their constant characters, even when they were not in front of the camera. And he confirmed that it was only more intense production. Read the rest to see what Smith shared about his colleague actor and to discover how they started talking for the first time.

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Smith took over his wife Jada Pinkett Smith To display Talk about a red table For the episode of December 14, joined by its three children, willow ,, Jaden , and Trey Smith .

Smith revealed that While he was running Emancipation , his co-star Ben Foster would not speak to him or even establish visual contact. Foster plays a slave sensor named Jim Fassel in the film. Smith realized the very first day of the shooting, during which the crew met several numbers.

"I think we didn't even have luck on the first day. There was lightning. There was warmth. We literally lost an entire day," said Smith. "I thank the extras." Hey, thank you very much, everyone. "In my mind, I gave my best Will Smith, and Ben has just passed me and I said nothing. I said to myself:" Oh, he shouldn't see me. "And then for six months, he did not I didn't talk to me. He did not establish visual contact with me. He didn't say a word. He didn't recognize me for six months. "

Smith said Foster giving the tone the first day had changed the way he was approaching the film.

"What he did this first day, I said to myself, 'Yup, I understood it. We are not playing. It's real. It's serious. We are not mistaken with these ideas", A -Ali said in the show. "I really credit Ben to click on me in the next depth and concentration equipment."

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In an interview with Weekly entertainment in November, Smith and Foster spoke to work together. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"Well did not tell me or not recognized me on the set during the five months of shooting," said Smith. "I remember watching her like:" Oh, it's true. We don't play. It is a serious and important material. "He put me for attention, and I really recognize the seriousness and the care and the concern that Ben took by playing this character by raising my performance in the process."

In response, Foster said: "Well, thank you, Will. But I had the other point of view: my first day on the set, I did not see Will Smith doing Will Smith. I saw A man enter depth, and we did not do you need to speak. So, all that is worth, I thank you for having broken too. "

On Talk about a red table , Smith remembered the moment when Foster finally presented himself.

"So what happened, the last day, me and [director] Antoine [Fuqua] are in the instructor watching the blow, and Ben arrives, "said Smith, adding that Foster never came to the instructor, so he was immediately surprised." He comes to the instructor, he looks at it, and Antoine said, 'I am happy. We got it. ' And then I watch Ben, it's his last day, he said: "Delighted to meet you. Ben. '"

In an interview in April with The Guardian ,, Foster was asked about the method game , a process in which an actor tries to immerse himself as much as possible in the life of his character.

"Well, it's a funny word and it's a term that is often misinterpreted and I probably don't have a great interpretation or excellent definition," said Foster. "Maybe this is one thing [explained] to say and a cop, but if you had to spend six months you spend time with people who also like chairs and you just want to honor the chairs, you will think of Chairs. "

He continued by saying that being in a state of mind on a subject means that you cannot necessarily leave these thoughts at any time. "Then, at the end of the film and that you no longer make chairs, you will dream of chairs," said Foster. "This is what it is. It is not fanciful. It's like, well, that's what we are talking about and they were there, I was not, so let's think a little more than "Oh, let's go there you have a yogurt together. Anyone want a smoothie? '"