Emancipation director Antoine Fuqua defends releasing the film after Will Smith's Oscars slap
dailymail.co.ukEmancipation director Antoine Fuqua is defending his decision to release the film following lead star Will Smith's controversial behavior at the Oscars this year.
Fuqua, 56, revealed that the movie - which follows a man who escapes slavery, and was filmed prior to the actor, 54, slapping comedian Chris Rock, 57, across the face - is 'more important than one bad moment,' in a new interview with Vanity Fair.
The filmmaker also shared that there was never a conversation 'about the movie not coming out' and called Smith the 'nicest person I've ever met.' Standing by his leading man: Emancipation director Antoine Fuqua is defending his decision to release the film following lead star Will Smith's controversial behavior at the Oscars'Of course I wanted people to see the film.
My conversation was always, "Isn't 400 years of slavery, of brutality, more important than one bad moment?" We were in Hollywood, and there's been some really ugly things that have taken place, and we've seen a lot of people get awards that have done some really nasty things,' he said.
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