![]() ![]() In an interview with Insider, the Carlton actor said that his co-star Tyler Barnhardt, who was one of the white students in the locker room scene, felt uncomfortable saying the slur. After Smith berates them, Carlton comes to their defense and in the following scene says that his cousin is "flipping out" over a word. The song they were singing, a viral Bobby Shmurda song from 2014 which inspired the vine "Shmoney Dance" trend, contained the N-word and the group could all be heard saying the derogatory term that has been used to insult the Black community. In the first episode, Carlton has a confrontation with the series' protagonist, the fictional Will Smith (Jabari Banks), after Smith stumbles on his cousin dancing and rapping in a locker room with a group of white students. Sholotan plays Carlton in the Peacock reboot that reimagines "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" as a drama. "Bel-Air" star Olly Sholotan told Insider that one of his co-stars was reluctant to film a scene in the first episode where a group of white students sings a song containing a racial slur. Here’s some information on them and the roles they play in this anticipated series.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. You’d surely be more inclined to check out the series if we told you that two young actors of Nigerian descent feature in it. And yet, mining our past loves for a new feel has become a blooming section of Hollywood and there’s little to be done to stop the capitalist machinery from surging forwards. Of course, remakes of our favourite shows are usually frowned on-if anything, we desire to hold those delicate strands of our cherished memories. As confirmed by several characters of the series, each actor in the reboot was approved by Will, who wanted faces who carried the sitcom’s originality while repurposing their roles to embrace more complex contemporary concerns. The series premiered on Peacock with four new episodes, following the journey of Will Smith (Jabari Banks) from the slummy areas of West Philadelphia to the opulence of Bel-Air’s gated communities. Bel-Air, however, gives Carlton a darker. Anyone who watched the original ’90s NBC sitcom remembers Alfonso Ribeiro’s hysterical take on the snobbish yet delightfully dweeby Banks son and, of course, his iconic dance moves. ![]() ![]() For some reviewers, it wasn’t quite a successful experiment while for some, there was a general sense of excitement at having this full-circle moment. In particular, viewers can’t stop talking about Carlton 2.0, played by 23-year-old actor and singer Olly Sholotan. The arcs of some characters were tweaked to inspire a robust exploration of Blackness, especially taking into account the racial-charged events of the past 30 years. Now, there’s a reboot of those classic scenes which are being reprised for a modern audience.Ĭonceived by executive producer/showrunner Morgan Cooper and former star Will Smith, ‘Bel-Air’ is now available to stream, and everyone’s already raving about the new Banks family. Centred on Will (played by Will Smith), a young high-schooler learning the motions of both private and public life, the original sitcom leaned on comic dramatisation to give insight into what it meant to be Black person in the nineties. In the early noughties, ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ ran on American TV for six years, becoming one of the most beloved sitcoms representing the various lives of Black people. ![]()
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