When is Will Smith gonna play a villian?

[mdresident]

where do u guys come up with this notion that will smith is this great actor? when has he ever done any serious acting? i can name a ton of crappy movies hehas starred in...

 

[derryj3]

That's the thing, beyonce can't act, so she has to play singers. I'm not mad though she would be in every movie if I had it my way
Will can definately do villian, he can really act. Just because you might think he can't pull it off don't make it so

 

[grizztheboss]

nvm

 

[worldbeefreeg]

Will Smith can't act, he is just a star. Period, Will Smith is that dude so he can only be in roles where he gets to be cool.




And y'all know nothing about movies. Denzel was a career defining moment for him??? Ever heard of Glory, Malcom X, 'Mo Better Blues, MississippiMasala, He Got Game etc. Denzel is an amazing actor while Will Smith is just a star. Training Day isn't even one of his top 3 performances.

 

[jville819]

where do u guys come up with this notion that will smith is this great actor? when has he ever done any serious acting? i can name a ton of crappy movies he has starred in..

Have you seen Ali, Pursuit of Happiness, Six Degrees, Enemy of the state. You could even throw in I am Legend too.

 

[enlightened thought]

will smith is more marketable than denzel. Europe & China love will smith. they're not that big on denzel. i said WORLD. not the states.

 

[mdresident]

Originally Posted by worldbeefreeg

Will Smith can't act, he is just a star. Period, Will Smith is that dude so he can only be in roles where he gets to be cool.




And y'all know nothing about movies. Denzel was a career defining moment for him??? Ever heard of Glory, Malcom X, 'Mo Better Blues, Mississippi Masala, He Got Game etc. Denzel is an amazing actor while Will Smith is just a star. Training Day isn't even one of his top 3 performances.

See, my man right here gets it. Denzel is an actor..a great one..where will smith is just a familiar face that ill get ppl to go see a movie. You dudes reallyneed to sit down and watch his crappy #$* movies, I mean..come on wild wild west??? And to the other dude..u can't compare those performances todenzel's. Ali sucked, six degrees of seperation sucked, and I am legend sucked. Denzel can move you...(made me tear up in john q)

 

[derryj3]

Lol @ nt'ers acting like their opinions = fact
Imo will smith is top 5 outta great black actors... Reason I made this post is because I believe if he tried another role y'all would believe he can act
IMO denzel,don cheadle, and jeffery wright can all act better than Will smith

 

[nothinafter]

Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought

will smith is more marketable than denzel. Europe & China love will smith. they're not that big on denzel. i said WORLD. not the states.

 

[forgot about jae]

Originally Posted by jplikejayz

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[melomandnvnuggets]

Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought

will smith is more marketable than denzel. Europe & China love will smith. they're not that big on denzel. i said WORLD. not the states.

This guy's opinion = fact or at least he thinks so,but right on bruvah

 

[enlightened thought]

Denzel:
[h1]Appearances[/h1]

1/15/2010	The Book of Eli			Confirmed
7/31/2009	The Taking of Pelham 123			Confirmed
12/25/2007	The Great Debaters	Melvin B. Tolson	$6,005,180	$30,226,144	$30,226,144
11/2/2007	American Gangster	Frank Lucas	$43,565,135	$130,164,645	$265,697,825
11/22/2006	éjà Vu	Doug Carlin	$20,574,802	$64,038,616	$181,038,616
3/24/2006	Inside Man	Keith Frazier	$28,954,945	$88,634,237	$184,634,237
7/30/2004	The Manchurian Candidate	Bennett Marco	$20,018,620	$65,948,711	$96,148,711
4/23/2004	Man on Fire	Creasy	$22,751,490	$77,906,816	$118,706,816
10/3/2003	Out of Time	Matt Lee Whitlock	$16,185,316	$41,083,108	$55,489,826
12/19/2002	Antwone Fisher	Dr. Jerome Davenport	$210,013	$21,078,145	$23,367,586
2/15/2002	John Q	John Q	$20,275,194	$71,026,631	$102,226,631
10/5/2001	Training Day	Alonzo Harris	$22,550,788	$76,261,036	$104,505,362
9/29/2000	Remember the Titans	Coach Boone	$20,905,831	$115,654,751	$136,706,683
12/29/1999	The Hurricane	Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter	$384,640	$50,699,241	$73,956,241
11/5/1999	The Bone Collector	Lincoln Rhyme	$16,712,020	$66,488,090	$151,463,090
11/6/1998	The Siege	Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard	$13,931,285	$40,934,175	$116,625,798
5/1/1998	He Got Game	Jake Shuttleworth	$7,610,663	$21,567,853	$21,567,853
1/16/1998	Fallen	Det. John Hobbes	$10,401,586	$25,310,938	$25,310,938
12/13/1996	The Preacher's Wife	Dudley	$7,649,752	$48,102,795	$48,102,795
7/12/1996	Courage Under Fire	Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling	$12,501,586	$59,003,384	$100,833,145
9/29/1995	Devil in a Blue Dress	Easy Rawlins	$5,422,385	$16,030,096	$16,030,096
8/4/1995	Virtuosity	Parker Barnes	$8,309,869	$23,998,226	$23,998,226
5/12/1995	Crimson Tide	Lt. Cmdr. Hunter	$18,612,190	$91,387,195	$159,387,195
12/22/1993	Philadelphia	Joe Miller		$77,324,422	$201,300,000
12/17/1993	The Pelican Brief	Gray Grantham	$16,864,404	$100,768,056	$194,968,056
5/7/1993	Much Ado About Nothing	Don Pedro of Aragon		$22,549,338	$22,549,338
11/18/1992	Malcolm X	Malcolm X	$9,871,125	$48,169,910	$48,169,910
2/5/1992	Mississippi Masala	Demetrius		$7,308,786	$7,308,786
10/4/1991	Ricochet	Nick Styles	$4,831,181	$21,756,163	$21,756,163
8/3/1990	Mo' Better Blues	Bleak Gallium	$4,387,360	$16,153,000	$16,153,000
2/2/1990	Heart Condition	Napoleon Stone	$2,149,786	$4,134,992	$4,134,992
12/14/1989	Glory	Trip		$26,593,580	$26,593,580
5/19/1989	For Queen and Country	Reuben James		$191,051	$191,051
2/16/1989	The Mighty Quinn	Xavier Quinn	$1,442,524	$3,992,420	$3,992,420
11/6/1987	Cry Freedom	Steve Biko	$318,723	$5,899,797	$5,899,797
1/31/1986	Power	Arnold Billing, Billing Associates President	$1,854,200	$3,800,000	$3,800,000
9/14/1984	A Soldier's Story	Private First Class Melvin Peterson	$156,383	$22,100,000	$22,100,000
9/25/1981	Carbon Copy	Roger Porter	$1,451,286	$8,400,000	$8,400,000
	Total Grosses		$1,594,686,348	$2,623,340,907
	Average Gross		$44,296,843
	Average Opening Weekend	$11,834,202

[th=""]Released[/th] [th=""]Movie Name[/th] [th=""]Role[/th] [th=""]1st weekend[/th] [th=""]US Gross[/th] [th=""]Worldwide Gross[/th]

Will Smith
[h1]Appearances[/h1]

2011	Untitled I Am Legend Prequel	Robert Neville		Announced
2010	Time Share			Announced
12/19/2008	Seven Pounds	Ben		Confirmed
7/2/2008	Hancock	John Hancock	$62,603,879	$227,946,274	$623,546,274
12/14/2007	I am Legend	Robert Neville	$77,211,321	$256,386,216	$585,048,907
12/15/2006	The Pursuit of Happyness	Chris Gardner	$26,541,709	$162,586,036	$304,286,036
2/11/2005	Hitch	Alex "Hitch" Hitchens	$43,142,214	$177,784,257	$366,784,257
10/1/2004	Shark Tale	Oscar	$47,604,606	$161,192,000	$363,192,000
7/16/2004	I, Robot	Detective Spooner	$52,179,887	$144,801,023	$348,801,023
3/26/2004	Jersey Girl	Himself	$8,319,171	$25,266,129	$36,096,354
7/18/2003	Bad Boys II	Mike Lowrey	$46,522,560	$138,540,870	$272,540,870
7/3/2002	Men in Black 2	MIB Agent J (Jay)	$52,148,751	$190,418,803	$441,818,803
12/25/2001	Ali	Muhammad Ali	$14,710,892	$58,183,966	$85,300,000
11/3/2000	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Bagger Vance	$11,516,712	$30,695,227	$39,235,486
6/30/1999	Wild Wild West	James T. West	$27,687,484	$113,805,681	$217,700,000
11/20/1998	Enemy of the State	Robert Dean	$20,038,573	$111,549,836	$250,300,000
7/2/1997	Men in Black	Jay	$51,068,455	$250,690,539	$589,390,539
7/3/1996	Independence Day	Captain Steven Hiller	$50,228,264	$306,169,255	$817,400,878
4/7/1995	Bad Boys	Mike Lowrey	$15,523,358	$65,647,413	$141,647,413
12/8/1993	Six Degrees of Separation	Paul	$53,058	$6,284,090	$6,284,090
5/28/1993	Made In America	Tea Cake Walters	$11,821,326	$44,942,695	$104,942,695
9/11/1992	Where the Day Takes You	Manny		$390,152	$390,152
	Total Grosses		$2,473,280,462	$5,594,705,777
	Average Gross		$130,172,656
	Average Opening Weekend	$34,384,568

[th=""]Released[/th] [th=""]Movie Name[/th] [th=""]Role[/th] [th=""]1st weekend[/th] [th=""]US Gross[/th] [th=""]Worldwide Gross[/th]

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EDIT:
ppl are mistaking being talented with being profitable. not once did i mention will was better than denzel. Will is more marketable to the internationalaudience. with that said, he can take any role he wants because the film industry knows they'll make more profit with him than any other african americanactor.

 

[mdresident]

Originally Posted by derryj3

Lol @ nt'ers acting like their opinions = fact
Imo will smith is top 5 outta great black actors... Reason I made this post is because I believe if he tried another role y'all would believe he can act
IMO denzel,don cheadle, and jeffery wright can all act better than Will smith

Top 5 by default. There are not that many..lol, u forgot about morgan freeman too.

 

[melomandnvnuggets]

But You said Will Smith is the only marketable african american worldwide...um Denzel is too, is Will Smith more marketable?? yes. but is he the onlymarketable african american worldwide?? no.

SIT DOWN

 

[jville819]

I'm not going to say his opinion is fact, but Will has proved to be the biggest draw as an actor in the last 10 years. I'm not saying he is a betteractor than Denzel(which I personally don't think he is), but he is a bigger superstar and a more bankable star than Denzel.

I don't know how he knows that europe and asia love Will, but Will has made twice as much worldwide gross as Denzel and has acted in way fewer films

 

[Shanegerous]

Will Smith is one of my favorite actors and although you raise a good point, I cant see him playing a villan like everybodys been sayin.

 

[enlightened thought]

^^oh god, shut up. way to get technical after i gave you the damn numbers. no crap there are marketable african american actors, but NO ONE is close to willsmith. all movie actors make millions, but is any black actor touching will smith? hell no. the industry is gonna bank on smith over denzel, freeman, cheadle,howard.

I don't know how he knows that europe and asia love Will, but Will has made twice as much worldwide gross as Denzel and has acted in way fewer films
i'm a Film & Media major. i had to research his film numbers and his many many guest appearances to a global audience. that's how iknow.

 

[melomandnvnuggets]

Originally Posted by jville819

I'm not going to say his opinion is fact, but Will has proved to be the biggest draw as an actor in the last 10 years. I'm not saying he is a better actor than Denzel(which I personally don't think he is), but he is a bigger superstar and a more bankable star than Denzel.

I don't know how he knows that europe and asia love Will, but Will has made twice as much worldwide gross as Denzel and has acted in way fewer films

thats not my point... he said will smith is the only marketable african american worldwide...denzel washington is too, the question isn't whois more marketable. dude said will smith is the only marketable afrivcan american worldwide but he's not, thats all I'm saying... i'm tired,i'm going to bed

 

[d723]

Will's entirely too marketable to ever play a villain. Any movie producer would be insane to put Will as anything but the protagonist for a blockbuster hitmovie.

 

[d723]

Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought

^^oh god, shut up. way to get technical after i gave you the damn numbers. no crap there are marketable african american actors, but NO ONE is close to will smith. all movie actors make millions, but is any black actor touching will smith? hell no. the industry is gonna bank on smith over denzel, freeman, cheadle, howard.

I don't know how he knows that europe and asia love Will, but Will has made twice as much worldwide gross as Denzel and has acted in way fewer films

i'm a Film & Media major. i had to research his film numbers and his many many guest appearances to a global audience. that's how i know.

Black actors aren't the only ones not seeing Will Smith. NO ONE is seeing Will smith. Dude is probably the biggest hit actor ever.

 

[enlightened thought]

^take the L man. it's gettin late.

 

[melomandnvnuggets]

Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought

^^oh god, shut up. way to get technical after i gave you the damn numbers. no crap there are marketable african american actors, but NO ONE is close to will smith. all movie actors make millions, but is any black actor touching will smith? hell no. the industry is gonna bank on smith over denzel, freeman, cheadle, howard.

you said will smith is the only marketable african american worldwide, you were wrong, my point wasn't who was more marketable dumb $$%*, it was that willsmith isn't the only marketable african american actor worldwide, thats really techinical huh...

 

[trasoul82]

Originally Posted by LESGodSonC0

He should've gotten an Oscar for "Ali"

But since they robbed Denzel in year's past, they had to make up for that.

Is this guy serious?

 

[jordan723]

its funny how I was just talking about this today with my neighbor. We were comparing denzel and will and I was mentioning how I cannot see Will smith playinga villian like Denzel did in training day or american gangster. The day will tries it I will give him props even though I think he is one of the best actorsout there

 

[limitedretroog]

Originally Posted by D723

Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought

^^oh god, shut up. way to get technical after i gave you the damn numbers. no crap there are marketable african american actors, but NO ONE is close to will
smith. all movie actors make millions, but is any black actor touching will smith? hell no. the industry is gonna bank on smith over denzel, freeman, cheadle,
howard.

I don't know how he knows that europe and asia love Will, but Will has made twice as much worldwide gross as Denzel and has acted in way fewer films

i'm a Film & Media major. i had to research his film numbers and his many many guest appearances to a global audience. that's how i
know.

Black actors aren't the only ones not seeing Will Smith. NO ONE is seeing Will smith. Dude is probably the biggest hit actor ever.


You sure you're using the right choice of words???