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Will Smith reminisces about the ‘career defining' moment that changed his acting forever

'I Am Legend' actor, Will Smith opened up about the advice he received from director, Akiva Goldsman , gave him while on the set of the film, that changed the course of his career. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Will Smith recalled his time working with director, Goldsman on films such as 'Robot', 'Hancock', and 'I Am Legend'. Smith called Goldsman his "individual, greatest cinematic collaborator" before explaining a major the two had on the set of 'I Am Legend'. Smith said that Goldsman told him, "We know we have spectacular special effects, and we're going to have action sequences and Francis is going to do wonderful things with zombies and all of that. I need you to forget about it all." Smith then said that Goldsman asked him, "If we were making a stage play and we didn't have all of those things, how would you keep your performance interesting?" Smith went on to say that he still uses this piece of advice, especially for big-budget movies. 'When you're making these big sci-fi movies,sometimes we can get lost in the spectacle. Akiva refused to allow that to happen,' he said. 'I Am Legend', the most recent adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel of the same name, starred Smith as Doctor Robert Neville, a virologist who happens to be one of the only humans left in New York City after a viral outbreak that effectively led to a vampire uprising and the end of civilization as it once existed. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Is it legal? How to get Internet without paying a subscription? Techno Mag Learn More Undo The film follows Neville as he tries to not only survive the vampiric clusters, but also to find a cure for the Krippin Virus, which was intended to be a "miracle cure for cancer. " Throughout 'I Am Legend', Neville meets other survivors and eventually decides to give up everything for a chance to saving the world at large. Even though there have been discussions of a sequel to 'I Am Legend' for almost 2 decades, the planned movie has continued to advance steadily despite its time in Development Hell. Smith revealed the initial idea for I Am Legend 2 and what part Michael B. Jordan would have played in the movie back in April. "What we were gonna do was the prequel, so we were gonna do the prequel. And [Akiva Goldsman] was like, 'But wait, what if we make a new version from the alternate ending, where your character is still alive and you know, Michael B. Jordan's character currently is the head of a new settlement?'" Smith explained. "He's not my son. So there's a settlement in Connecticut."