Will Smith Research Paper

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Willard Christopher Smith Jr is known for the hit TV show, Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Yes, it’s Will Smith. The comedian grew up in a catholic home, attended Overbrook high school in West Philadelphia as heard in his hit TV show, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and still lived by his parent’s rules. Wills famous career started off as the MC of the hip-hop duo with DJ Jazzy.
Before his career made him millions, he was just like the rest of us. Will Smith wasn’t the richest, or the poorest, but he did have a lot of stability issues and economy issues. Due to his free spending days, Will almost went bankrupt. He had no clue how to handle money. But thankfully when Will went into the acting career, he was paid a whopping $12 million for his role in Independence Day, the highest paid job to ever happen in his career. Now with Will making millions every year, he
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Will has three children, Jaden Smith, Willow Smith and Trey Smith. Wills inspired his son to become an actor just like him. He has been in several movies with his dad. After Earth came out in 2013, The Pursuit of Happyness came out in 2006. He also inspired his daughter, Willow Smith, to start in her singing career. A couple of her songs are Whip my hair, Fireball, 21st Century Girl, and Sugar and Spice.
Will starred in the hit TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. TFPBL aired first on September 10, 1990. Will auditioned and got the role as soon as he auditioned. Will and his the director were trying to figure out names for the actors on the TV show, and the reason for his character being named "Will Smith" was that, during the creation of the show, he and Alfonso Ribeiro were brainstorming names for their characters. His friend remarked that Will had to be careful in naming his character, because people would refer to him in public by that name for the rest of his life, and suggested that he name the character "Will

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