Will Smith has new in life

row! All of that collapsed and I realised I still was a good person.”

“It’s a huge emotional shift for me,” said Smith, who has since appeared in smaller roles in me make a shift from winning and conquering to loving and connecting as a primary purpose for everything. She just absolutely demands attention to her thoughts and feelings. It’s a huge lesson for me to quiet the warrior in me,” he said.

It’s fitting that Smith’s first outing in this new stage is actually called Focus (in UAE cinemas today), a sleek, intimate film from Crazy, Stupid, Love. directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa about a smooth, seasoned con-man and his alluring and much younger protege, played by Australian actress Margot Robbie.

Smith and Robbie are meeting in the middle, in film and in life. Smith, in a self-defined new phase, and Robbie right as she’s about to break out into the mainstream.

The Wolf of Wall Street , where Robbie caught the attention of a wider audience playing the wife of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, hadn’t even come out when she was cast in Focus .

As she remembers it,

wrapped at 6am and she was attending the premiere that night .

“We couldn’t be more opposite,” said Smith of his co-star, seated next to her in the hotel.

“I wasn’t expecting to get along with him as well as we did. We didn’t have anything in common. He’s an ex-rapper. I’m from Australia,” added Robbie. “I, just like everyone, assumed he was really fun and funny. And he is really fun and funny. I wasn’t expecting him to be so intellectual and emotional and deep.” Smith laughed. “Ooooh. Intellectual, emotional and deep?” he said. “That should be your headline.”

The two have a smouldering chemistry in the film and a playful, giggly way around each other off screen.

Robbie and Smith aren’t done with each other yet, either. They’ll both be appearing in the comic book film Suicide Squad for Warner Bros, which is currently in preproduction. – AP