Just a few weeks ago, Will Smith revealed the identity of the new Prince of bel-air for the series with the same name that will be released soon on the video platform in streaming Peacock. After an arduous casting in which the right person was sought to succeed the legendary actor, the producers of the series opted for the young Jabari Banks. A young man, who was born west of Philadelphia like the character he will have to play, who graduated just a few months ago from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
An actor who, in addition to acting, also composes, sings, raps and even plays basketball. A series of elements that, without a doubt, caught Will Smith’s attention when choosing his successor. After knowing live that he would be the new Prince of Bel-Air, Banks acknowledged that he was very prepared for this new adventure and assured that he was going to give everything for this character: “It has been a dream come true because this series has been very important to me throughout my life. “
Same story, different tone
Several weeks later, the video platform in streaming has unveiled the entire cast of this new series that leaves comedy aside to become a drama. Although the series will tell the same story of a young Californian who ends with his uncle and his aunt in a Bel-Air mansion after a fight with some neighborhood boys, the tone of it will have nothing to do with what we saw in the 90s.
Neither will his characters, who will keep their names but who will have a personality that will vary from the one we saw in the mythical series starring Will Smith. On this occasion, the producers have opted for Cassandra Freeman and Adrian Holmes to play Vivian and Phillip Banks. In this way, Holmes will have the complicated task of living up to a James Avery who died in 2013 in an open heart operation at a Los Angeles hospital.
This will be the new Carlton Banks
But Holmes will not be the only one who will have to fill a great void. Also Olly Sholotan, who has been confirmed as the new Carlton Banks. Among the rest of the actors and actresses who will participate in this new series we find Coco Jones and Akira Akbar, who will play Hilary and Ashley Banks.
Also Jimmy Akingbola, who will play a much younger Geoffrey than the one we first saw in the 90s, Jordan L. Jones as the new Jazz and Simone Joy Jones as Lisa. Therefore, more and more is known about a series that, at the moment, does not have a release date.
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