The Oscar battle that shocked the world last weekend could have major consequences for Will Smith. Netflix is already in the process of withdrawing from the collaboration on the film “Fast and Loose”.
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It writes the industry website The Hollywood Reporter Saturday.
Netflix is not the only one who can get cold feet when it comes to Will Smith. Speculation is rife in the film industry about the extent to which Will Smith has harmed himself and his future career opportunities after clapping the Oscar host for the open stage in front of millions of TV viewers Monday night.
– The production of “Fast and Loose” has been quietly put on ice, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
The messages have not been confirmed.
In a larger article like BBC published Saturday, the question is whether Will Smith’s career can survive the famous battle.
– It is very special to think that an event like this can really wipe out so many years of goodwill.
This is what the editor-in-chief of The Wrap Sharon Waxman told the BBC and continues:
– But it was so public, it was so out of the box. One of our sources describes it as a shocking narcissistic act. Film brand Will Smith is badly injured, Waxman states, referring to an article of hers store has recently published after conversations with what she describes as “insiders in the film industry”.
– The conclusion from those we have spoken to is clear. Smith’s career is critically damaged after what happened. One of those we spoke to even thinks that Will Smith has finished as an A-actor, says Sharon Waxman.
Kim Masters, editor-in-chief of The Hollywood Reporter, believes that the man who is known from films such as “Men In Black”, “Independence Day” and “Bad Boys”, has done almost irreparable damage to his further career opportunities.
– He has built up a personality over many years. This is a complete break with everything he is known for, says Kim Masters in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today program.
She says people are completely shocked by what Will Smith did when he hit Chris Rock in front of the open stage in front of a stunned audience and millions of TV viewers.
– It did not get any better from his very special speech of thanks and that he afterwards danced and amused himself as if nothing had happened. This is not at all what you are used to from Will Smith. So far from there, says Kim Masters.
She emphasizes that Will Smith has no reputation at all for being a troublemaker.
– But nonetheless, very many people now say that they can no longer think of Will Smith as the same person.
According to the BBC, we will relatively quickly get an answer to how badly injured Will Smith is from what happened Monday night. He has several film projects such as “Bad Boys 4”, “Bright 2” and Apple’s “Emancipation” where Smith plays a slave who has escaped from his slave owner.
– What Apple decides will probably be a good signal of how damaged Will Smith’s career is. Everyone has thought that the film will be released in the second half of 2022 – and thus participate in the competition for an Oscar next year, says Sharon Waxman and continues:
– If they postpone the film, it is a strong signal that they do not want to be in the market with Will Smith this year
The Oscar Academy has promised that the battle is going to have consequences. The reactions have been mixed. Many have taken a hard line against the way Smith reacted, while among others Tiffany Haddish has defended Smith to stand up for his wife.
About a day after the incident, Smith went out and apologized to Rock.
In an interview with “Good Morning America” which is mentioned in People Friday, the producer of the TV show from the Oscar show Will Packer says that both he and Chris Rock spoke to police officers who explained that they could arrest Will Smith if the comedian wanted to proceed with the case.
– “This is abuse”, those were the words they used. “We are prepared to arrest him now if you want to report him.” “We can arrest him,” police said, “Packer continued.
But according to the producer, Chris Rock rejected the input from the police. In the TV show, Packer also says that Rock argued and got support that Will Smith should not be expelled from the hall before the awarding of the prize for best male actor.
– He simply did not want to make a difficult situation worse, says Will Packer.
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