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Lee's new film "Gemini Killer" has been released in mainland China. Compared with the cold North American box office, it is obvious that the Chinese mainland market is more kind and compassionate to this Chinese director. In addition to supporting Ang Lee,
can experience the immersive 3D+4K+120-frame visual effects of the film. Another major feature of the film is the actor Will Smith.
This time, the 51-year-old plays two roles in the film: one is Agent Henry, and the other is his young self who was cloned.
starred in "Men in Black", "Independence Day", "Jedi Men", "I Am a Legend", "When Happiness Comes Knock on the Door", "National Enemy" and other global hits, and was named the world's most influential star by Forbes Will Smith, worth up to 260 million US dollars.
He is not only the hottest star in Hollywood, but also one of the several black male stars with the highest attention from Chinese fans. His position in the film industry is so high that he is even affectionately called the "Historical Emperor" by Chinese fans. The name
is not only a recognition of his acting career, but also shows the audience's love for his personal charm.
But just a few years ago, this popular superstar suffered a career trough.
In March 2016, he was at the crossroads of his life. After working in the show business for 30 years, his original brilliant career encountered the coldest experience: three consecutive movies "Concussion Effect", "Focus" and preparations. The box office of the controversial "Return to Earth" is relatively sluggish, with total global revenue of only $451 million.
Although there were "Suicide Squad" and "Affiliated Beauty" that year, he faced the worst situation ever.
When the situation became dim, Smith made a decision that was perhaps the riskiest in his career. He and the director of "Suicide Squad" David Ayer chose the streaming platform Netflix, and ushered in a budget with sufficient budget. Huge work: "Light and Spirit".
Netflix gave the largest ever budget of $100 million (later surpassed by the great director Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman"), which paved the way for Smith to re-pave the way and maintain the 20 million of Hollywood's first-line actors Dollar pay.
is also this important choice. In the past two years, Smith has reshaped his own brand through smart choices and various online videos that were once mocked as "cheeky" by foreign media and won 122 million fans on various platforms. .
(Smith now has more than 38 million Instagram followers)
, good luck came to him again: the Disney movie "Aladdin" he starred in was an amazing success, with a global box office revenue of $1.05 billion, shocking almost everyone .
Now, 51-year-old Will Smith has returned to the highest point of Hollywood star rating.
A top agent said: "If his salary is not the highest, then he is tied for first." In other words, Will Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr. Tied.
"Historical Emperor" means "Historical Emperor".
He showed his artistic talent when he was very young, and when he was still in school, everyone gave Will the nickname "Prince". In 1985, the 17-year-old Weir became the MC in the rap group "DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince", using the stage name The Fresh Prince, and Will became "Fresh Prince". The
rap group not only achieved a single album sales of more than 3 million copies, Will also won four Grammy Awards in 1988, 1992, 1998, and 1999.
Will, a vigorous young prince, alive and well.
did not last long. The young and energetic Will suffered economic problems when he was 22 years old, declared bankruptcy, and switched to the television industry to make a living. He produced and starred in the sitcom "Fresh Prince Wonderful Things", which successfully won the audience's recognition, and also let Will discover his talent in acting.
At that time, Will made up his mind to become the most famous movie star in the world.
1995 Michael Bay’s film ""The Jedi Men" is released, and the police officer played by Will is well-dressed, suave, and has many fans. The film eventually had a global box office of 140 million U.S. dollars, and Will's film career officially began to take off.
In 1996, the science fiction film "Independence Day" was released, and the global box office exceeded 800 million US dollars; in 1997, "Men in Black" received another 587 million. His agent J is smart, brave, honest and kind, the classic "Men in Black" It has also become an indelible memory in the hearts of a generation.
These two films established Will's position in commercial action films, and "The Emperor" first appeared, and then climbed to the top. After
, "National Enemy", "Jedi Men 2", "Men in Black" 2 and 3, "I, Robot", "Nationwide Superman Hancock", "I Am Legend" and other movies showed again and again Shi Huang's box office skills have consolidated his unshakable position in the field of genres.
His position in the film industry has been expanded and promoted, including the 2006 "When Happiness Knocks on the Door". This film based on a real story on Douban has a score of 9.1 and is currently ranked 23rd in Douban TOP250.
The medical equipment salesman played by Smith is pragmatic, tolerant, and inspirational. The family drama with his son is warm and not sensational. The natural and smooth acting skills of
made him nominate the Oscar for Best Actor in his first transition to a literary film. The most incredible thing is that this $55 million low-cost literary film actually won $307 million in the box office that year. At the peak of
, Will Smith became a well-deserved box office star. "TIME" evaluates Will's acting career, both dazzling and gentle, performing many wonderful movies.
However, it was during the actor's golden age that this "National Money Printing Machine" suddenly failed.
After the 2012 "Men in Black 3" raked in 624 million US dollars, several plays starring Will hit the streets one after another. "Return to Earth", "Focus" and "Concussion Effect", the global accumulative account is only 451 million US dollars. The box office appeal of "Shi Huang" has fallen into a long trough.
, the highly popular comic hero film "Suicide Squad", instead of turning DC over, it turned down the death shooter starred by "Historical Emperor" and disappointed fans and fans.
has included Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley and other first-line stars in the literary film "Affiliated Beauty", which is incomprehensible and the box office is also terrible.
There is always a "pain" in his heart: the pain of missing a classic drama.
Will Smith once pushed down the Neo role in The Matrix, and later this role was given to Keanu Reeves, which pushed him directly into the position of a Hollywood star. The film has become a classic and has now been launched The fourth part will start shooting next year.
and he pushed down "The Matrix" because he didn't know what to jump up and hide from bullets. He chose to act in such a bad film as "The Stormtroopers" that lost both in the box office reputation. Many years later, Will Smith made a special video to mock him for his lack of vision.
Even though Will Smith’s wife Jada Pink Smith later appeared in "The Matrix" 2 and 3, it did not make up for his regret that he missed this revolutionary movie.
(Will Smith and Mrs.)
(Jada Pink Smith and Keanu Reeves, Hugo Weaving)
His wife, Jada, is obviously more foresighted than him. Will once planned to decline "Black Clothes" "People", thanks to Jada's encouragement and persuasion, otherwise, it is still difficult to say whether there is still such a status as "Historical Emperor".
has to say, Will Smith’s vision of choosing scripts is really not good, even bad.
It is reported that, including "Smiths" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" have approached Will, and he also rejected Quentin's "Jiang Ge Freed". If he joined these films, his career might not have a downturn. , And will even go higher all the way. In the worst years of
, his popularity declined and his income shrank, and the labels of "dead star" and "box office poison" were relentlessly affixed to him.
The favorite drama of the spectators has always been: falling into the altar, the legend is destroyed.
is okay, finally becauseFor the rise of the streaming media platform, Will Smith was saved. Although Netflix's "Light and Spirit" has a good reputation, it is fortunate to keep his value.
He started to use various videos to interact with fans and circle fans frequently.
On September 25, 2018, Will Smith’s 50th birthday, he chose to play bungee jumping in the middle of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA. He said that adults are dominated by fear. This time he accepted the challenge of bungee jumping and filmed the whole process to witness with fans. His process of overcoming fear.
When everyone is not optimistic about him, the live-action movie "Aladdin" produced by Disney in 2019 broke the global box office of 1 billion US dollars. Will gives full play to his hip-hop and rap skills. The magic lamp genie is not only supernatural, but also cute and cute. He is the funny part of the whole movie.
didn't even expect Disney to make so much money from this movie. There was almost no publicity in mainland China, but everyone who saw this movie called it from the heart.
In the 2019 Forbes Global Income Actors Rankings, Will Smith ranked tenth, and those who lost them began to come back.
"Don't give up, the pain now is to live like a winner in the future."
This is a sentence from Will Smith's 2001 biographical film "Boxing King Ali". He became famous when he was young and was already a millionaire before he was 20 years old. After experiencing his career slump twice, he probably understands this truth better than ordinary people.
Life is always full of ups and downs, the most important thing is to learn to accumulate strength when there is no wind. In
's current movie "Gemini Killer", Henry, who was hunted down by a 20-something clone, is 51 years old. Coincidentally, Will Smith is just 51 years old this year.
Some things are under hard work, which seems to be a coincidence and may be destined.
