Will Smith tells Graham Norton that, prior to becoming a supercalifragilistic numerolologistical space theorist, he regrets his acting in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” He says, via The Wrap:
It was my very first role, and I was very, very focused on being successful, so I learned the whole script and everyone else’s lines. If you watch the first four or five episodes, you can see I’m mouthing other people’s lines. It’s terrible and I can’t bear to watch it.
Lies.
Will Smith is the goddamn Chaplin of sitcoms, and he knows it. The commitment to the role which made oversized polka dots credibly cool; speaking our truth at the time about how parents just don’t understand; the living room gymnastics which helped children everywhere learn that the floor is lava. LOOK AT THIS:
I would gladly accept ten more seasons of this. But he won’t even give us that.