Will Smith returned to awards season festivities Wednesday evening, taking the stage to accept the Beacon Award at the African American Film Critics Association Awards.
The speech marked Smith’s first in-person speech at an awards ceremony since his controversy at the 2022 Oscars, in which the actor slapped Chris Rock onstage.Smith’s “Emancipation” costar Charmaine Bingwa and Aafca cofounder Gil L.
Robertson introduced Smith and Antoine Fuqua, the historical drama’s director, early in the evening’s ceremony.
After Fuqua’s minute-long thanks to Aafca, Apple TV+ and the film’s cast and crew, Smith took the microphone to recount the production of the film.“‘Emancipation’ was the individual most difficult film of my entire career.
It was all outdoors, that is true,” Smith joked, earning laughs from the crowd.“It was the second day of shooting and 110 degrees… I was in a scene with one of the white actors.
Read full article