After the actor Will Smith slapped his colleague Chris Rock at the Oscars, the first professional consequences for the actor become apparent. Netflix has put a film project with Will Smith on hold, which the streaming service had pushed ahead with with great vigor just before the Oscars. He reports that Hollywood Reporter. The thriller “Fast and Loose” was supposed to tell the story of a crime boss who loses his memory after an attack. Shortly before the Oscars were awarded, the film’s designated director, David Leitch, had left the project because he preferred to do something else with Ryan Gosling. Loud Hollywood Reporter Netflix was desperately looking for a replacement in order to be able to shoot the Will Smith project as quickly as possible – but that’s over after the Oscar affair.
According to the industry magazine, the Sony studio pressed the pause button for the blockbuster sequel “Bad Boys 4”, for which Smith is said to have received the first pages of the script shortly before the scandal. The slap in the face, which has been hotly debated around the world for a week, seems to have a very quick negative effect on the career of the 53-year-old.
You don’t have to be a member of the Academy to win Oscars
After speculation that Smith could be banned from the Oscars as punishment, the star forestalled a possible sacking on Friday afternoon by voluntarily resigning from his membership. In a statement, he said he violated the organization’s trust in him. In addition, he robbed the other winners of the evening of their well-deserved attention with his action.
Of course, from a PR perspective, it is always better to leave than to be left. But in practice, this step is probably not too great a penance for Smith. You don’t have to be a member of the Academy to be awarded an Oscar. And there has never been any serious talk of taking away the Oscar, which he won shortly after being slapped as best actor for the tennis drama “King Richard”. You also don’t have to be a member of the Academy to attend future Academy Awards or to be nominated again. And since the organization has nearly 10,000 members whose votes all count equally when choosing Oscar winners, the missing Smith vote won’t matter.
The question of the future order situation is likely to be more nerve-wracking for him than leaving the Academy. Will the film studios want to work with him again anytime soon? Do you still believe in his box office power despite (or maybe even because of) the slap in the face? Or do they let it fidget or even fall completely?