The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Warning ! SPOILERS forBel - Airepisodes 1 - 3 .
Peacock’sBel - Airreboot reimagines the original serial in a dramatic way , which comes with many personality differences betweenTheFresh Prince ’s Will Smithand the new admirer . Even though thespian Will Smith no longer portrays the main character , Bel - Air ’s admirer is still called Will Smith , with the iconic figure now portray by newcomer Jabari Banks . Considering the charisma of the real Will Smith no longer penetrate the character , Bel - Air ’s new Will seems extremely different , but bank brings his own charm with some of the same fictitious character quirks .
Bel - Airis now an minute - foresighted , striking , serious take on the 1990sFresh Princecomedy , with the reboot delving deeper into the conversations that could n’t be had on the 30 - hour situation comedy format . The Banks family are all back with more vivid enmity to Will , though the striking reimagining has made many characters about unrecognisable . The most jarring characterchanges inBel - Airare Uncle Phil and Carlton Banks , who neither physically resemble nor partake the same caring personality of their originalFresh Princecounterparts . The stakes are much higher inBel - Air ’s reboot , and theFresh Princecharacters have changed accordingly .
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While graphic symbol like Uncle Phil and Carlton scarcely reflect their original soma , the oneFresh Princecharacter who well translated over to the dramatic formatting is Will Smith . That say , Bel - Air ’s Will Smith is still observably different from the real Will Smith ’s fictional fictional character , with much less caustic remark , amicable antagonism with his family , and amour propre . The new Will Smith is far more emotionally vulnerable and complex thanFresh Prince ’s interlingual rendition , and he ’s much more prostrate to anger and hostility .
InBel - Air ’s first episode alone , teenage Will Smithgets into a dangerous fight with a drug dealer that ends in Will pulling his friend ’s gun . To finish offBel - Air ’s premiere sequence , Will get into a public fight with his full cousin Carlton , even though Carlton was the one who instigated the force . WhileFresh Prince ’s Will Smith was prideful and sure-footed in himself , he did n’t have as much sensitivity that would lead to such emotionally - fired outbursts . Will Smith inBel - Airappears much more insecure and on - bound , even though he still maintain an outbound horse sense of authority .
Although Jabari Banks is slimly older than the real Will Smith was at the clock time ofFresh Prince ’s premiere , Bel - Air ’s Will feel less mature , though not in terms of sarcasm and adult affectation . Fresh Prince ’s Will Smithwas unfledged with his witticism and typical goofiness but mat up older than his year . InBel - Air , Jabari Banks ’ Will feels more emotionally developed but still comes off as a 16 - twelvemonth - old who ca n’t quite take care of himself yet . This may partially be due toFresh Prince ’s Will suffer most thing give to him free-base on his undeniable charm and charisma over both the other students and instructor , whereasBel - Air ’s Will has to cultivate much harder to fit in and overcome Bel - Air ’s biases against him . Much more than the original fictional character , Bel - Air ’s Will Smith truly feels like a kid who has so many force puzzle out against him .
Bel - AirandFresh Prince ’s original charactersare unlike in their striking image , but both Wills do still divvy up several similarity in how they present themselves . The novel Will still has an infectious goofiness to him , though to a lesser grade , which aid to bewitch Lisa at school . Will persist extremely flirtatious to women , nonchalantly flamboyant with his panache , outgoing in all situations , a sensation basketball player . Aside from the dramatic changes thatBel - Airhas made to Will ’s fiber , Jabari Banks is able to cheer Smith ’s magical spell and goofiness in his own style that still make him compelling in his higher - stake journeying .
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