• potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I get what you mean/agree, but to play devil’s advocate, his character in Enemy of the State could’ve sorta worked as Neo.

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      11 hours ago

      It is crazy how I always think of that movie as “early career Will Smith before he became famous quippy superstar” but it released between Men In Black and Wild Wild West.

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        3 hours ago

        Don’t forget Will Smith was a Rapper and DJ first, ended up deep in a financial hole because he didn’t save any money for taxes following his musical success, took the role on Fresh Prince to try to keep the lights on and then Fresh Prince ended up being super successful and leading him to his second and even more successful career in acting

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        9 hours ago

        Yup. I think if will smith had done it, it would be a completely different movie and may not have been as much a runaway success as it was