Will Smith In Talks for Heist Thriller 'Focus'; If a deal makes, Smith would take the role vacated by Ben Affleck.
Focus is a two-hander about a con man who becomes romantically involved with a novice. He is then thrown off his game when the former flame shows up just as he’s staging an elaborate con in Buenos Aires.
Requa and Ficarra wrote the script with their Crazy, Stupid, Love stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in mind but when the actors were unavailable, moved to Ben Affleck and Stewart.
Affleck dropped out in December, causing a new search for a leading man. Sources say in recent weeks Stewart also quietly exited the project.
And now Smith is in talks to take the male lead. If a deal comes together, he would be back in business with Warners, which has been itching to work with the actor since 2007's I Am Legend.
According to Variety and THR, they have: Will Smith is now in talks to star in "Focus." The problem? Now Stewart has dropped out. Per Variety, Stewart left the film because "the age difference between [her and Smith] would be too large a gap"; Smith is 44 years old, while Stewart is just 23 years old. (It should be noted that Affleck is 40 years old.)
To her credit, Stewart was looking forward to the project. "It's a comedy. I'm really excited about it," she told HuffPost Entertainment last year. "We start shooting in April." Or not.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...fleck_n_3108628.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment
Okay here we go..We're going to see how this shakes out. We weren't paying attention to casting with his previous films like Hitch, I, Robot or Hancock but NOW we get watch the process..
Heres the history of love interest for Mr. Boxoffice Will Smith:
Will Smith has NEVER had a significant COSTARRING female love interest in any of his films.
Don't get me wrong he's had love interests but none that had equal billing with him. There isn't been a LOVE STORY/COMEDY/DRAMEDY - starring Will Smith AND XXXX
Will Smith has never had a black female love interest in any LOVE story he's done.
Surprisingly he's only done two actual love stories so far, Hitch a romcom with Eva Mendes and Seven Pounds with Rosario Dawson
Will Smith has NEVER had a white female love interest in any of his films.
Self evident.
So will the studios make a bold decision and cast a sista?? IF they did go that way who would have the best chance?
Kerry Washington
Zoe Saldana
Naomie Harris
Beyonce
Paula Patton
Will the studios take the plunge and team Smith up with a white actress? They already dropped Kristin Stewart for "AGE DIFFERENCE" reasons even tho Sean Connery and Michael Douglas have routinely been paired with love interests they 15-20-25 years older than. White actresses that could be up for the part:
Jennifer Lawrence
Scarlett Johansson
Anne Hathaway
Mila Kunis
Jessica Biel
Or will they play it safe and split the difference and get another latina actress
Rosario Dawson
Eva Mendes
Jennifer Lopez
Jessica Alba
Dania Ramirez
Focus is a two-hander about a con man who becomes romantically involved with a novice. He is then thrown off his game when the former flame shows up just as he’s staging an elaborate con in Buenos Aires.
Requa and Ficarra wrote the script with their Crazy, Stupid, Love stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in mind but when the actors were unavailable, moved to Ben Affleck and Stewart.
Affleck dropped out in December, causing a new search for a leading man. Sources say in recent weeks Stewart also quietly exited the project.
And now Smith is in talks to take the male lead. If a deal comes together, he would be back in business with Warners, which has been itching to work with the actor since 2007's I Am Legend.
According to Variety and THR, they have: Will Smith is now in talks to star in "Focus." The problem? Now Stewart has dropped out. Per Variety, Stewart left the film because "the age difference between [her and Smith] would be too large a gap"; Smith is 44 years old, while Stewart is just 23 years old. (It should be noted that Affleck is 40 years old.)
To her credit, Stewart was looking forward to the project. "It's a comedy. I'm really excited about it," she told HuffPost Entertainment last year. "We start shooting in April." Or not.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...fleck_n_3108628.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment
Okay here we go..We're going to see how this shakes out. We weren't paying attention to casting with his previous films like Hitch, I, Robot or Hancock but NOW we get watch the process..
Heres the history of love interest for Mr. Boxoffice Will Smith:
Will Smith has NEVER had a significant COSTARRING female love interest in any of his films.
Don't get me wrong he's had love interests but none that had equal billing with him. There isn't been a LOVE STORY/COMEDY/DRAMEDY - starring Will Smith AND XXXX
Will Smith has never had a black female love interest in any LOVE story he's done.
Surprisingly he's only done two actual love stories so far, Hitch a romcom with Eva Mendes and Seven Pounds with Rosario Dawson
Will Smith has NEVER had a white female love interest in any of his films.
Self evident.
So will the studios make a bold decision and cast a sista?? IF they did go that way who would have the best chance?
Kerry Washington
Zoe Saldana
Naomie Harris
Beyonce
Paula Patton
Will the studios take the plunge and team Smith up with a white actress? They already dropped Kristin Stewart for "AGE DIFFERENCE" reasons even tho Sean Connery and Michael Douglas have routinely been paired with love interests they 15-20-25 years older than. White actresses that could be up for the part:
Jennifer Lawrence
Scarlett Johansson
Anne Hathaway
Mila Kunis
Jessica Biel
Or will they play it safe and split the difference and get another latina actress
Rosario Dawson
Eva Mendes
Jennifer Lopez
Jessica Alba
Dania Ramirez
