extraordinary attack on presenter Chris Rock during the awards ceremony ended all that. And if Smith believes his resignation from Hollywood’s film academy this weekend might draw a line under the affair, he will be disappointed.
Although the 53-year-old is unlikely to be stripped of his best actor statuette, his commercial appeal to producers has been seriously damaged.
He was due to appear in a run of major films, including Bad Boys 4, Bright 2 and Apple’s Emancipation, but all of these projects are now uncertain.
Apple’s decision on Emancipation, in which Smith plays a runaway slave, may prove crucial. An expected awards contender, it was due to come out later this year.
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