While Jaden never followed through on being emancipated, the After Earth experience left its mark. He ultimately decided against it, but it sucks to feel like you’ve hurt your kids.” “At fifteen years old, when Jaden asked about being an emancipated minor, my heart shattered. He felt misled, and he lost his trust in my leadership,” Smith continues.
“We never discussed it, but I know he felt betrayed. Jaden had faithfully done everything that I’d instructed him to do, and I had coached him into the worst public mauling he’d ever experienced.” “Fans and the press were absolutely vicious they said and printed things about Jaden that I refuse to repeat.
Unfortunately, the film ended up being an epic disaster, and while most people left the film in the dustbin of time, never to be thought of again, Will Smith has opened up about the disastrous experience in his new memoir, Will.Īccording to Smith, the fallout from After Earth was so bad that Jaden actually asked to be emancipated, which deeply affected his father. The sci-fi film was based on an original story by Smith, and at the time, the actor famously included his son Jaden in the lead role. After spectacularly bombing in 2013, it’s easy to forget that After Earth is a movie that not only exists, but also marked a unique collaboration between Will Smith and director M.
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