‘Universal people are calling every day, so give me these two actors or I move over there.’ I don’t think it would have been a possibility, but it was a great threat. Fox Jokes About Will Smith’s Absence from Independence Day: Resurgence Fox’s friendship with the Smiths extends to the whole family, and the actress can’t believe how quickly Will and. “It was pretty shortly before the shoot and we still hadn’t locked in Will and Jeff,” Roland said. While the duo persisted in having Will and Jeff as the leads, the studio was still pushing back. It’s going to do fine foreign.’ It was a big war, and Roland really stood up for - and we ultimately won that war.”
IS WILL SMITH IN THE INDEPENDENCE DAY MOVIE MOVIE
’ Our argument was, ‘Well, the movie is about space aliens. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive. The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. With Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell. ’"ĭean added, "They said, ‘You cast a Black guy in this part, you’re going to kill foreign. Independence Day: Directed by Roland Emmerich. However, he revealed that "the studio said, ‘No, we don’t like Will Smith. “ It was pretty clear it had to be Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum.
The 44-year-old actor is set to have discussions to reprise his role as Captain Steven Hiller, a US Marine Corps pilot who is part of the VMFA-314 squadron in the sci-fi film. “Ethan Hawke was on our list too, but I thought at that time he was too young,” Roland remembered of the actors they had on their list. Los Angeles - Will Smith is in talks for the Independence Day sequel.
However, it was just recently revealed that the now 52-year-old actor almost wasn't cast in the movie for an eye-opening reason.ĭirector Roland Emmerich and producer-writer Dean Devlin spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about how the studio was hesitant in casting Will in the role of Captain Steve Hillar. Sony is looking to find a smarter way of turning a profit on those films which despite high ticket sales often break even due to high end special effects and actor fees.Will Smith is very well known for his leading role in Independence Day, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary today. Independence Day 's massive success marked one of the most explosive and successful transitions from television to film in history and Smith followed it up with win. Steven Hiller and the other crafts a different story without him.Īdditionally, Smith is not expected to reprise his role in Sony's planned Men in Black reboot. Smith had acted in feature films before his turn in Independence Day in 1996, but he was still best known for Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which ended the same year the movie came out. One version centers on Smith's hero fighter pilot Capt. That release would mark 20 years since the first film hit theaters on its way to $811 million worldwide and launching Smith's movie career.ĭirector Roland Emmerich and co-writer Dean Devlin have two scripts that The Amazing Spider-Man writer James Vanderbilt has been rewriting.
Though he may have skipped out on returningfor the film’s sequel in favor. Pictures Focus at TCL Chinese Theatre on February 24, 2015. The studio plans to have the film in theaters for July 4th weekend in 2016. 25 years later, Will Smith still remembers the good fortune that he encountered on Independence Dayas a career highlight. Heres Why Will Smith Isnt in the New Independence Day Movie Actor Will Smith arrives at the Los Angeles World Premiere of Warner Bros. After several years of rumors and courting, Will Smith has decided to pass on Fox's planned sequel to the 1996 sci-fi blockbuster, Independence Day.ĭeadline reports that though Smith has passed on the sequel, it is still very much in the works.
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