Will Smith talked about it. freedom Co-star Ben Foster ignored her on the set for six months.
gave King Richard Star said The Middle Ages The actor snagged it on the first day of shooting and ‘didn’t acknowledge’ it until the last day on set to stay in character.
Discussion on historical action film Red Table TalkSmith said he has a lot of respect for Foster, who plays the antagonist in the film.
“Ben just walked past me and didn’t say anything,” Smith said. “I was like, ‘Oh, he must not have seen me.’ And then for six months he didn’t talk to me, he didn’t make eye contact with me, he didn’t say a word.
“He didn’t acknowledge me for six months,” Smith added. “But what he did the first day, I was like, ‘Yeah, got it.’ We’re not playing. This is real. This is serious. We’re not fooling around with these ideas. I really give Ben credit for clicking into the next gear of depth and focus.
On the last day of shooting, Foster chatted with Smith when he arrived and introduced himself after director Anton Fuqua approved his scenes.
“I see Ben, it’s the last day, and he [extends his hand] And says, ‘Nice to meet you,'” Smith recalled.
“We spent the whole movie together,” she continued, “and the whole time he wasn’t going to his trailer, he was in his character tent all day and he had all his stuff in his character tent. was kept.”