Will Smith and the cast of came together for a 75-minute reunion special on HBO Max, which dropped a day early Wednesday, and they took a moment to remember the late James Avery, who played the beloved Banks patriarch, Uncle Phil, for six seasons.Avery, who died in 2013 at age 68 following complications from open heart surgery, was credited by the cast as being «the heart of the show.» «He was my teacher.
I learned what it means to be an artist from him,» Tatyana Ali, who played Ashley, said in the special, while Daphne Maxwell Reid, who portrayed Aunt Viv, added: «We knew that he knew the answers or could guide folks to the answers.» Others like Alfonso Ribeiro, best known as Carlton, and Ross Bagley, aka Nicky, remembered Avery for his.
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