Michael Bay has said that he would “100 percent” still work with Will Smith on another movie, despite his slapping of Chris Rock at the Oscars.
Michael Bay has just released his brand new movie, Ambulance. Though it doesn’t seem to be performing at the box office, it hasn’t stopped the director from speaking out on topical issues. In a recent interview with EW, Bay said that he is still willing to work with Smith in upcoming projects. When asked whether he would still be willing to collaborate with the actor, he said, “Absolutely, 100 percent. He’s a very even-keeled guy. Very even-keeled.”
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Bay famously directed the first two Bad Boys movies in which Smith starred. Bay went on to explain his deeper thoughts on Smith’s actions at the Oscars:
“At first, immediately I’m like, Did this just happen? Then I saw the yell from Will. That’s a real Will yell. Will is an amazing fighter. He’s studied boxing. First of all, it’s wrong to do, no matter what. Let’s just get that out there. But when people said, ‘Oh, he could have killed him.’ No, a slap is different. A punch? Yeah, you can kill someone. Will gave him a slap.
“Everyone’s talking about this, but you know what? You start thinking about life and it’s like, Oh, my God. Because I’ve been very affected by this Ukrainian war right now. I’m friends with the Klitschko brothers. I’ve been to Kyiv, I’ve met with the mayor. And I’m like, you know what? There are babies getting blown up by the hundreds right now and people are so concerned about this. I don’t know. To me, it’s just like, enough of it. All right, so a dramatic thing happened, but I just think we’ve got to get our priorities straight.”
Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars for ten years following his slapping of Chris Rock. This is despite him winning the award for best actor for his role as Richard Williams in King Richard. He has also had several of his projects put on hold at Sony and Netflix.
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