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    A 'Let's play it for real' approach keeps 'Bel-Air' dramatic — and fresh

    Surprise, "Bel-Air" fans: Will and Carlton like each other IRL. "I remember sitting across from you in the table read and thinking, 'Yo, I really like this dude,'" says Olly Sholotan (Carlton) to Jabari Banks (Will) in a videoconference call joined by showrunners Rasheed Newson and T.J. Brady. "That Saturday, we drove around L.A. for, like, 11 hours; we did not stop talking." "It was really ...
    by Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times Jun 14, 2022 4 minutes
    Jabari Banks, left, as Will and Jordan L. Jones as Jazz in "Bel-Air."

    Surprise, "Bel-Air" fans: Will and Carlton like each other IRL.

    "I remember sitting across from you in the table read and thinking, 'Yo, I really like this dude,'" says Olly Sholotan (Carlton) to Jabari Banks (Will) in a videoconference call joined by showrunners Rasheed Newson and T.J. Brady. "That Saturday, we drove around L.A. for, like, 11 hours; we did not stop talking."

    "It was really authentic. It felt really pure, the relationship Olly and I formed offscreen," says Banks. "We're re-creating these iconic characters; there's no impersonation, people would see right through that. We had to be honest."

    "Bel-Air" sprang from filmmaker Morgan Cooper's : a dramatic take on the

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