Where there's a Will Is Emancipation' Smith's Oscars comeback? #Freedom: If the full-length trailer is anything to go by, Will Smith is back at the top of his acting game in the gritty Emancipation'.
by Cornelia Le Roux
21-11-2022 22:33
in Entertainment
The official trailer for Will Smith's latest movie, Emancipation', has been released. Take a look. Image: Supplied/ Apple TV
Forget about the infamous Slapgate; Will Smith might win another Oscar anyway The award-winning actor's first big screen role since that Chris Rock slap at the Oscars, Emancipation, will be released in limited theatres on 2 December and begin streaming on Apple TV on 9 December.
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The official trailer features intense new footage from the historical slavery drama. This might just very well be Smith's Hollywood comeback role. And even though Rock might not agree, director Antoine Fuqua calls the superstar the nicest person I've ever met in my life .
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Will Smith as Whipped Peter' in Emancipation' Emancipation written by William N Collage stars Smith as a real-life runaway slave who joins the Union Army to fight his oppressors during the American Civil War.
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Will Smith as Whipped Peter' in Emancipation' directed by Antoine Fuqua. Images: Apple TV According to the official synopsis of Emancipation, the film is inspired by the 1863 photos of Whipped Peter', taken during a Union Army medical examination, that first appeared in Harper's Weekly. One image, known as The Scourged Back', which shows Peter's bare back mutilated by a whipping delivered by his enslavers, ultimately contributed to growing public opposition to slavery.
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Watch: Emancipation' trailer The three-minute-long trailer shows Smith's character running through the swamps of Louisiana to evade a persistent slave hunter (Ben Foster) and serving in the Union Army in the hope of returning to his family.
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Emancipation tells the triumphant story of Peter, a man who escapes from slavery, relying on his wits, unwavering faith, and deep love for his family to evade cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on his quest for freedom, the official description continues.
Smith: This is not a film about slavery' The New York Times reported that Emancipation had its first public screening in Washington on Saturday night 19 November during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 51st Annual Legislative Conference.
The screening was followed by a question-and-answer session with Smith and Fuqua. Vanity Fair reported on Smith saying that he had been resistant to slave stories throughout his entire career.
This is not a film about slavery, Smith told the crowd. This is a film about freedom. A film about resilience. A film about faith.
He also spoke about how the image of Whipped Peter was arguably the first viral photograph in history.
At a special screening of the film #Emancipation, with director @AntoineFuqua and producer and star Will Smith. This is the first time Will has seen the film with an audience. @appletv @appletvplus pic.twitter.com/RMDGvYIEky
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Oscars Slapgate Emancipation is Smith's first film since he slapped comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards and won the Best Actor Oscar for King Richard.
Smith resigned from the Academy and is persona non grata at the Oscars ceremony for 10 years as a result of the infamous slap which was triggered by Rock's remark about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith's hair loss due to alopecia.
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Will Smith slaps this year's Oscars host, comedian Chris Rock. Images: Robyn Beck/ AFP and Apple TV Behind-the-scenes look of wild' makeup from Emancipation' The 54-year-old King Richard star took to his Instagram on Friday 18 November to post a shirtless picture, offering fans a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the WILD makeup from his upcoming film.
In the caption of the post, Smith gave a shout-out to his makeup artist Judy Murdock:
Judy's done my makeup on almost all my movies and lemme tell you, she went WILD on #emancipation.
Actor Will Smith shared a behind-the-scenes photo of his wild' makeup for his role as a slave in Emancipation'. Image via Instagram @willsmith ALSO READ: First time I've ever seen him go off': Will Smith's mom on his Oscars slap
Praise for Will Smith: Nicest person I've ever met in my life' In an interview with Vanity Fair, director Fuqua revealed that Smith personally paid extras on the set during tough shooting conditions in Louisiana.
He was kind to everyone on the set. Will would go around and hug and shake hands - we had 300-something extras and military. Marines, The Equalizer director said.
He's funny. He's fun. We had certain extras that were the dead bodies in the graves, and he would go give them money for lying there in that heat of over 100 degrees.
Nicest person I've ever met in my life, the director summed up his take on the Hollywood superstar.
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Where there's a Will Is Emancipation' Smith's Oscars comeback? #Freedom: If the full-length trailer is anything to go by, Will Smith is back at the top of his acting game in the gritty Emancipation'.
