Will Smith performing 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' theme song in Super Bowl ad wows fans
Will Smith gave fans a sneak peek of a commercial featuring the international remix of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' theme song on Wednesday, February 9. The full commerical will air on NBC next Sunday, February 13, during Super Bowl LVI. In a minute-long spot, the four-time Grammy winner can be seen chilling inside his $11.3M Hidden Hills home when he connects to a Zoom call.
Will Smith, 53, who has 58.1M Instagram followers captioned the post as, "No matter where in the world I travel, even the most remote countries, the one thing people always know me from is the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". He added, "Our new show #BelAir debuts Super Bowl Sunday on @PeacockTV y'all! Big shoutout to the mad talented musicians who helped us bring this thing to life!"
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Soon after Smith posted the teaser, his fans took over the comment section to let the star know how good the clip was. One fan wrote, "That whole clip was AWESOME". "Ima need this remix on iTunes like yesterday!" said another. A third wrote, "HARDDDD", while a fourth added, "So cool. Still a global phenomenon". Someone else commented, "Dopest remix yet". "Stocked to watch!" wrote another. One user agreed with others and said the clip was "Dope!". Apart from fans, singer Mateo Lopez Mariachi, who is part of the ad, also commented, "Had a great time shooting for this!!!"
Like Will, newcomer Jabari Banks was 22 when he shot the pilot portraying a streetwise 16-year-old in Morgan Cooper's 10-episode dramatic reboot, which premieres next Sunday on Peacock.
The West Philadelphia native told ET on Wednesday, "[Will Smith] is my hero, man, and he's been such an inspiration for me and the show has been such a defining show for my life. The biggest thing I think he would say for this role is just to be myself. Because that's what he was doing up there as the Fresh Prince in the original series that we all know and love. He was just being himself."
Smith, originally wrote the track 'Yo Home to Bel Air' alongside 'Fresh Prince' executive producer and music composer Quincy Jones (who's only an Oscar away from elite EGOT status). The cheaply made commercial promoting Bel-Air must have set Peacock TV back an eye-popping $13M considering a 30-second spot during the big game is said to cost advertisers $6.5M.
The modern reimagining brings back the characters Phillip Banks (Adrian Holmes), Vivian Banks (Cassandra Freeman), Carlton Banks (Olly Sholotan), Hilary Banks (Coco Jones), Ashley Banks (Akira Akbar), Geoffrey (Jimmy Akingbola), Jazz (Jordan L. Jones), and Lisa (Simone Joy Jones).