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19th Dec 2016

EXCLUSIVE: Will Smith does The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air rap as Gaeilge

We convinced him to give it a go.

Laura Holland

Will Smith is a hero!

I got the chance to sit down with one of my favourite actors of all time, Will Smith, when he was in London for the premiere of his latest movie Collateral Beauty.

During the interview, I took the opportunity to get Will to read out the lyrics of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Gaeilge. As a fan of the show I couldn’t resist the temptation to see how he would fare with an Irish version of the well known theme tune.

Luckily, he was up for the challenge and took on the first paragraph of the song.

We also spoke about what movies make him cry time and time again and what role, past or present, he would love to play.

Watch the interview here:

Will Smith’s latest movie Collateral Beauty comes out on December 26th and sees him playing the role of Howard who suffers a great tragedy and retreats from life.

His close friends and colleagues, played by Edward Norton, Kate Winslet and Michael Pena, seek to find a solution to his lack of motivation towards life.

They enlist the help of three strangers, Keira Knighley, Helen Mirren and Jacob Latimore, to try and make him see the “collateral beauty” in the tragedy.