![]() This Will’s not afraid to say what he feels, and some people don’t like that: ‘He shouldn’t be cussin’ in front of his aunt and uncle like that!’ ” “I think about Episode 10, that iconic father scene what we created was vastly different, but it holds weight in itself. ![]() “Will’s temperament is definitely different in this one he’s a very prideful young man,” says Banks. The show dramatically revisits - and revises - some famous moments from the sitcom. If you can make someone angry enough to send Olly an angry tweet about a person who doesn’t exist, we have gotten through.” “By now, people are generally like, ‘OK, you won me back at the end.’ But I definitely still get a lot of, ‘I don’t know, Carlton, I still don’t like you.’ ”īrady says, “If you can make somebody angry, that means they care. It’s one of those things, you see it and you go, ‘Oh my God, I hate this guy.’ ” “There’s this very specific Carlton look, and it’s the most condescending thing ever. Instead, says Sholotan, “There were scripts I’d get where I’d say, ‘I feel like I could be more of a d- in this situation.’ ” The others laugh. “It’s not an illegitimate thing for an actor to say, ‘Wait a minute, this is the biggest show I’ve ever been on this is the thing I’m going to be known for … and people are going to hate me for the first seven or eight episodes?’ ” I think it makes my character too unlikable.’ Olly pulled back from nothing.” All four laugh. Newson says, “TJ and I have worked on a lot of shows he’ll tell you, it’s not uncommon for an actor to say, ‘I feel uncomfortable saying this line. Sholotan is so good at being bad to Will, he gets blasted by fans. Sholotan cites the anxiety that eats at the character, which manifests as a substance-abuse problem and bitter hostility toward easygoing Will. It’s also not as simple as that we address the fact that Blackness is not monolithic. ![]() “And Will coming into his life shows him all the things he’s sacrificed. “Eighty percent of the people watching this show probably came with their arms crossed. “It’s different than a role you’re just creating yourself,” 23-year-old Banks says of reimagining the beloved sitcom that bowed in 1990. enclaves to live with wealthy relatives - among them, cousin Carlton, who is extremely assimilated into the overwhelmingly white, privileged social environs. “Bel-Air” sprang from filmmaker Morgan Cooper‘s trailer for something that didn’t exist: a dramatic take on the ’90s sitcom “ The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” That comedy, of course, launched the Hollywood career of then-rapper Will Smith as a character named “Will Smith.” In both versions, a fight on a Philadelphia basketball court leads to street-smart Will relocating to the toniest of L.A. “We’re re-creating these iconic characters there’s no impersonation, people would see right through that. It felt really pure, the relationship Olly and I formed offscreen,” says Banks. ![]() for, like, 11 hours we did not stop talking.” “I remember sitting across from you in the table read and thinking, ‘Yo, I really like this dude,’ ” says Olly Sholotan (Carlton) to Jabari Banks (Will) in a video conference call joined by showrunners Rasheed Newson and T.J. Surprise, “Bel-Air” fans: Will and Carlton like each other IRL. ![]()
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