Will Smith is the biggest bag fumbler in cinematic history

[drederick tatum]

Thread did not go as planned. Could say Gina Carano if we're talking about people who had the opportunity to become big actors/actresses, as opposed to someone who is already extremely successful in the field.

 

[Zero]

Smacking Chris Rock was worse than all that to his career. He didn't need any of those movies.

I'm saying.

Man is basically underground now.

 

[Batsute]

Thank god he turned down Django. He was trying to turn it into some generic ass love story and minimize King Schultz. I’m sure with all those dumb ass rewrites Tarantino was looking at him like,

 

[WesCrook]

Thank god he turned down Django. He was trying to turn it into some generic ass love story and minimize King Schultz. I’m sure with all those dumb ass rewrites Tarantino was looking at him like,

It would have been Dr. Robert Neville Unchained

 

[Lord Beasley]

jada getting jealous over Margot's superiour box is hilarious to me. Will has to get away from that evil woman

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

Honestly, I’m glad he wasn’t in those movies. Django would have felt like some R rated version of Wild Wild West while Matrix would have felt like a darker Men in Black with Kung Fu.

 

[old pig]

*post deleted*

lemme be nice.

 

[Roid Jones]

He seems to have done pretty well for himself all things considered

Exactly, OP acting like Will didn't run Hollywood at one point

Mods, Can we get this WOAT thread contender removed please

 

[mvp_status]

man…some of y’all are aggressively stupid at times…reading some of the posts on here while sober can be frustrating lol

"aggressively stupid" lmao, i'm all the way stealing this

 

[old pig]

"aggressively stupid" lmao, i'm all the way stealing this

lmaoooo

I edited my post but fukk it…and it’s not that I’m getting at dudes for being wrong or offering a bad opinion…but it’s the way they double down on it

 

[StackorStarve]

Nah, the Chris Rock slap shyt definitely tarnished his career but he’s a Best Actor Oscars Award winning A list celebrity. People would literally kill to have his career. I’m positive every major actor has passed on or wasn’t able to commit to movies at the time that went on to be hits.

 

[Luke Cage]

Honestly when you are that big of a star you get offered so many roles, eventually you are going to turn down something that ends up being a huge hit.
If it wasn't wild wild west being a massive flop he still would've had a pretty clean run for the movies he did accept during his peak.

 

[Ukbrotha]

I'm glad he turned down matrix. He wouldnt have been a good Neo compared to Keanu.

 

[Robbie3000]

All A list actors have roles that they turned down that ended up being big. It comes with the territory when you are highly sought after.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Its a could have been an even greater career fumble. Its like imagine if Bron didnt choke the Mavs series. His legacy would be even greater.

He never had a movie as iconic as The Matrix. And its been a long time since he's had a movie as good as Django tbh.

Although its fair to ask if Will wouldnt let Will get in the way of those movies. I think Will acknowledged that he wasnt ready to play Neo and how Keanu was better for the role. Just look at I Robot. Its an enjoyable movie but Will is kinda going OD with certain things that kinda take you outta the movie. The Matrix is such a wild premise that you cant have someone break your suspension of disbelief.

As far as Django I believe he would have truly been great in the role. But as others have suggested it might have been a different movie.