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THE REINVENTION OF WILL SMITH

‘I’M NO LONGER STRATEGISING ABOUT BEING THE BIGGEST MOVIE STAR IN THE WORLD. IT’S MUCH MORE ABOUT SELF-EXAMINATION’

HE’S the toast of this year’s awards season and everyone who’s anyone is singing his praises.

So it’s safe to say Will Smith is on the comeback trail – even if he never really went anywhere.

The 53-year-old star has spent the past few years confounding fans with some very public soul-searching. There were his harem fantasies of Halle Berry. He and wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s over-sharing about their open marriage. The time he considered pushing his wheelchair-bound father down a flight of stairs. It’s been a lot.

Will never lost his appeal – his charisma and

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