2022 Oscars.The 54-year-old appeared Wednesday at the African American Film Critics Association Awards in Los Angeles, where he received the Beacon Award for his role in the recent AppleTV+ film “Emancipation.”The actor — who has largely been banished from Hollywood in the wake of his assault on Rock — didn’t address the scandal as he took to the microphone.
Instead, Smith focused on his role in “Emancipation,” a historical drama in which he plays a runaway slave in 1860s Louisiana. “’Emancipation’ was the most individual difficult film of my entire career,” Smith declared. “It’s really difficult to transport a modern mind to that time period.
It’s difficult to imagine that, that level of inhumanity.”Smith recalled his experiences shooting the movie, referencing the fact that a white co-star spat on his chest during a brutal scene between their two characters. “I just held in that moment, and there was a part — it makes me teary right now — there was a part of me that was grateful that I got to really understand,” the star said, saying it made connected him to his character in a visceral way.
He went on to thank Apple, alluding that the project’s budget was a topic of issue. “The budget was another thing. And Apple never flinched.
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