Will Smith Says Contemporary Prince Costar Alfonso Ribeiro ‘Reworked My Life’

Will Smith is giving credit score to a really particular particular person in his life.

The actor, 56, appeared within the Dec. 3 episode of VICE’s Black Comedy in America sequence to mirror on his rise to stardom in The Contemporary Prince of Bel Air. All through his profession, Smith stated he has discovered from these round him, however considered one of his authentic costars left a very long-lasting mark on his life.

“There’s been a few artistic relationships I’ve had which have completely reworked my life,” he defined, naming Jazzy Jeff, with whom he received the primary rap Grammy, as one of many two. “The place you meet someone who understands you in a manner that different folks do not perceive you — and so they’re in a position to perceive you, then craft issues so that you can create and shine and explode. And Alfonso [Ribeiro] was that man for positive.”

“When he got here in for the audition, there was like no query, that is the one,” Smith continued. “No one commits as exhausting as Alf. We name it the ‘comedic limb.’ You understand the place you gon’ do this joke and also you gon’ go on the market with it and also you gon’ threat all of it. And considered one of his huge issues, why he would commit so exhausting with the traces, he says, ‘You commit so the writers can understand it would not work.'”

What Smith admired most in regards to the Dancing with the Stars host, 53, was his dedication to the craft. He remembered throughout their Contemporary Prince days, Ribeiro can be “redlining” and “giving all the things” on a Tuesday, days earlier than their Friday tapings.

“The willingness to crash and burn is the one manner you will be humorous,” Smith stated.

His relationships with everybody on the present weren’t as robust because the one he had with Ribeiro, although. Elsewhere within the episode, Smith revealed that he fully misjudged costar Janet Hubert whereas the 2 have been on the ‘90s sitcom.

“I made a horrible error and misjudgment of her worth and energy and wonder to the present,” Smith admitted to host Chris Spencer. “I horribly underestimated what she was for me at that time in my life.”

The 2 have since reconciled, sitting down for the primary time in a long time to unpack their variations and make amends within the 2020 Max particular celebrating 30 years of The Contemporary Prince.

Talking to PEOPLE in 2021, Hubert stated she and Smith had a “superb relationship” following the dialogue.

“We textual content one another forwards and backwards on a regular basis,” Hubert shared. “I meant it with all my coronary heart after I hugged him, as a result of I noticed that little boy, that little 21-year-old boy. Had we had a possibility to speak again then, I believe this could have by no means occurred.”

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