Héloïse Goy, with Alexis Patri
The slap addressed by Will Smith to Chris Rock during the Oscars ceremony has been talking about for a week. But beyond the controversy and individual positions, the actor seems to receive a backlash. His career is already suffering brakes, direct consequences of his stroke.
It’s a slap in the face that’s starting to get expensive. Impossible or almost to have missed the violent gesture addressed by the actor Will Smith to comedian Chris Rock during the Oscars ceremony last week, so much the sequence made react. This slap is not without consequences for the actor of Men in Black. Will Smith not only had to resign from the Academy of the Oscars, but his career in the cinema is also threatened.
A cancellation, a pause, a hold
Among these consequences, we learned that Will Smith will not end up playing the main role of the Netflix film. Fast and Loose. The American actor was to play a mafia boss who had become amnesiac. According to the American media, Sony would also have put on hold the development of the fourth opus of Bad Boys, following this unfortunate event. The previous parts of Bad Boys broke box office records.
On the other hand, Will Smith will be well on the poster of the film Emancipation of the Apple TV+ platform. The shooting of this feature film has already taken place and the film is now in post-production. It should be online later this year.