Will Smith gave fans a big surprise at a Los Angeles area screening of his new movie Bad Boys: Ride Or Die on Friday night.
The action film starring Smith 55, and costar Martin Lawrence, 59, earned $5.9 million in previews and looked poised to capture the top spot at the weekend box office.
‘We’re in Baldwin Hills, we’re about to go into the theater, the Oscar winner said as he sat in the back of his SUV limo in a video shared on Instagram and TikTok.
‘It’s a ritual I have. I do it like, when I have a movie come out on Friday, Saturday and usually a matinee on Sunday. I like going to theaters,’ he explained.
The next shot showed Smith, staying low key in the back row of the theater, dressed in all black with a KN95 mask and a black billed cap, enjoying a laugh with the audience.
Will Smith, 55, gave fans a big surprise at an LA-area screening of his new movie Bad Boys: Ride Or Die on Friday. ‘We’re in Baldwin Hills, we’re about to go into the theater,’ he said in a video posted to his social media accounts
After the movie, the actor casually walked out with the audience and says to fellow viewers, ‘Hey, I’m glad y’all enjoyed that.’
At first the folks responded nonchalantly, thinking he was a fellow moviegoer, but quickly realized they were talking to one of the stars of the film.
After that, Smith shared hugs and posed for photos with fans.
‘I was in there y’all the whole time,’ he told the astounded moviegoers.
One gave the movie a ’10 out of 10,’ in an impromptu review.
‘Imagine sitting next to Will Smith and not knowing?!’ exclaimed one fan.
‘That’s how you promote a movie,’ said another.
None of the fans seemed too concerned about the infamous slap he gave Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in 2022, which made Smith persona non grata in Hollywood.
‘This man is unreal and so down to earth, how not to love him?’ queried a devoted fan.
Smith kept it low key in the back row of the theater, dressed in all black wearing a KN95 mask and a black billed cap, enjoying a laugh with the audience. He explained in the video that going to screenings is a ritual he has when a new movie comes out
Fans didn’t recognize Smith initially when he started talking to them after the showing. They quickly realized they were talking to the star
Smith shared hugs and posed for photos with fans. ‘I was in there the whole time with y’all,’ the actor told fellow audiences members
Bad Boys: Ride or Die is the fourth installment in the popular franchise and looked poised to take over the top of the box office its opening weekend
‘Will, will never NOT be one of my favorite humans.❤️,’ stated one admirer.
‘No one could ever make me dislike this man!’ exclaimed another.
The reviews for Bad Boys: Ride Or Die have been mixed, and Rotten Tomatoes gave the fourth installment in the franchise a 57 percent rotten rating from the most prestigious critics surveyed by the site.
Audiences reached a dramatically different conclusion, giving it an impressive 97 percent fresh rating.
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