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Will Smith Reunites The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Cast In Lockdown

Will Smith Reunites The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Cast In Lockdown

This is a story all about how their lives got flipped, turned upside down

Tom Wood

Tom Wood

Will Smith has managed to get a whole load of the original cast of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air together again as part of his Snap Originals show Will From Home.

The Fresh Prince himself was joined virtually by Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro), Ashley (Tatyana Ali), Hilary (Karyn Parsons), Vivian (Janet Hubert), Geoffrey (Joseph Marcell) and - of course Jazz (DJ Jazzy Jeff).

They all came together whilst they're in coronavirus lockdown to chat with Smith about their time on the show, reminisce about a few memories, and pay tribute to James Avery, who played Uncle Phil on the show.

The show ran from 1990 until 1996, and catapulted Smith into superstardom, as well as probably being responsible for kick-starting a Hollywood career that continues unabated to this day.

In a clip of the show, taken from the two-part season finale which airs on Wednesday (29 April) and Thursday (30 April), Will asked his fellow cast members if they'd ever struggled with their stardom and experienced fans wanting them to be more like their on-screen personas.

Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeiro.
Snap Originals

Jazzy Jeff said: "I got really really annoyed that everybody wanted to do the handshake."

Yeah, that would probably get quite annoying after a while.

In another part of the show, Will spoke to Alfonso Ribeiro, who played his on-screen cousin Carlton Banks.

He revealed the Ribeiro was the one who said that Smith should keep his own name on the show, because it was going to be how people identified with him going forward into the future.

Really sound advice, and it has turned out to be eerily accurate, too.

Ribeiro explained: "We had talked and I said 'Look if you're ever going to do this show, you've got to be Will Smith.'"

Will added: "That was such a deep insight you had because you said, 'Look people are going to call you this for the rest of your life.'"

The cast, back in the day.
NBC

Other guests on the show so far - which is trying to offer fans a glimpse into what Will Smith's life has been like under lockdown rules - have included celebrity restaurateur and internet figure of fun Guy Fieri, Jackass star Johnny Knoxville, Tyra Banks, and Will's own son Jaden Smith.

It's been a roaring success, too. So far the show has been watched by 15 million unique viewers across the first three episodes.

If you're keen to find out what everyone has been up to, and what Smith is doing to keep himself busy, the season finale of Will From Home airs on Snapchat this Wednesday (29 April) and Thursday (30 April).

Featured Image Credit: Snap Originals

Topics: TV and Film, Celebrity, US Entertainment