‘HEll, no’ To BEl-Air rEBooT
Actor: We’ll go back to the show only when hell freezes over
WILL Smith (pic) doesn’t “ever” want to revive Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
The 47-year-old actor, who portrayed a fictionalised version of himself in the classic 1990s sitcom, insists speculation the show is to return with him at the helm and as co-producer is untrue as he’ll only go back to the show when “hell freezes over”.
Speaking to E! news about a possible comeback, he said: “I don’t think ever, like pretty close to when hell freezes over.
“Like we’re going to leave that one alone.”
Smith’s latest movie, Suicide Squad, sees him reunite with his Focus co-star Margot Robbie and he recalled being unimpressed by the 26-year-old beauty when they first met – while she was annoyed by his tardiness.
Interviewing one another for E! News, Robbie said: “When I first met you it was for the audition for Focus and you were late. I’d come from Croatia and I remember being like ‘Why is he late? I should be late’.”
Smith retorted: “At least I was dressed for the interview. She walked into the audition and she had shoes like she’d walked through mud, shorts on, her hair wasn’t done, I was like ‘She doesn’t want this at all’.”
But Robbie insisted she had a good explanation for her unkempt appearance.
She said: “I’d lost my luggage. I’d been backpacking.”
Robbie also criticised her 47-yearold co-star – who has son Trey, 23, from a previous marriage, and Jaden 18, and Willow, 15, with wife Jada Pinkett Smith – for his lack of manners.
She said: “I hate it when you say ‘huh?’ It’s rude ... Maybe I shouldn’t be scolding a man that’s twice my age.” Smith added: “Somewhere as a child, Robbie wasn’t allowed to say ‘Huh?’, she had to say ‘Pardon?’. It’s a habit. She (shouts) ‘It’s pardon!’”
And Smith is amused by his friend’s daredevil attitude to life.
He said: “She is a wild explorer, Robbie will try anything. There is nothing that someone can suggest, ‘Hey what if we ...’ ‘Yeah yeah’. ‘Margot, maybe you should find out what it is first.’”