Hollywood actor Will Smith has started to face the repercussions of his infamous slap at the Academy Awards ceremony this year.
As per a report, Netflix has slowed down the production of Smith’s action-thriller Fast and Loose. Smith smacked Oscars presenter and comedian Chris Rock after he made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s physical appearance during the award ceremony.
A week ahead of the Academy Awards, filmmaker David Leitch pulled out of Fast and Loose and moved on to Ryan Gosling’s Fall Guy. Netflix was keen on getting a new director after his exit. However, after the Oscars 2022 fiasco involving Smith, “Netflix quietly moved the project to the back burner” the report said.
Will Smith is supposed to play a crime boss in Fast and Loose. He plays a man who discovers he’s been living two lives, one as a crime kingpin and the other as a secret CIA agent.
There are chances that Smith might be taken off from his other upcoming projects as well. Three talent agents associated with the actor’s upcoming films, who were granted anonymity to describe private negotiations, told a US media outlet that there had been indications that some upcoming projects could be hanging in the balance.
Smith currently has Apple’s high-prestige drama Emancipation, a remake of Planes, Trains and Automobiles in which he would star opposite Kevin Hart and the second installment of a travel series for National Geographic on Disney+ in his kitty.
