Alfonso Ribeiro credited his Fresh prince of Bel-Air cost Will Smith Helping him to create “incredible magic” to the sitcom.
“Will is my brother for life,” said Ribeiro, 53, of Smith, 56, on Thursday, March 14th Jennifer Hudson’s program.
It Fresh prince The student reflected on his long personal and professional relationship with Smith, after his cost was called vice’s Black comedy in America In December 2024. In the documentary, Smith said that Ribeiro “transformed” his life through his “creative relationship” into classical sitcom.
On Thursday, Ribeiro told the host Jennifer Hudson It was “wonderful” to hear Smith’s praise as “their friendship and bond have resisted the time of four or five decades.”
“It’s absolutely the best,” said Ribeiro. “He felt very well. Part is true, right? I think for writers to offer the best work they can offer, they need to see their work 100 percent to know if it worked or did not work. He would always give 100 percent in all rehearsals because the writer (he would realize), “Oh, yes, this joke did not work.”
Ribeiro admitted that “some other actors” in the Fresh prince The set “may not give 100 percent”, which caused problems when it was time to film an episode.
“This joke that did not work on Tuesday is still on Friday, but because you have never shown them that it did not work (the writers) kept it in the script and bombed at night, but they did not have enough time to rewrite -” he recalled.
Alfonso Ribeiro in “The program of Jennifer Hudson”.
Jennifer Hudson/YouTube program“I think this part of what I received Fresh prince It is because of the hard work I would put on, going 100 percent in all rehearsals. (That) allowed writers to write better lines for me. “”
Ribeiro suggested that his work ethic also allowed him and Smith “create incredible magic” Fresh prince This “cannot be repeated”.
“It’s wonderful to feel that it will give me some of my flowers. I obviously give her flowers all the time, “he added.” It’s so incredible. He is the most talented boy I know and the most dedicated boy I know. It’s mutual love. “
During Smith’s interview at Black comedy in Americasaid he realized that Ribeiro was suitable for the role of Carlton Banks from the first of his cost Fresh prince Audition.
“No one commits as strong as Alf,” Smith insisted. “We call it” the comic limb. “And you know that you will try this joke and you will go there. You will risk everything! One of your important things, why you committed so strongly to the lines, she says:” He agrees so that writers can know that he does not work. “
Ribeiro began his career as a children’s actor at the 1982 police station Silver spoons Before you land your role by defining the race as Carlton The fresh prince In 1990. The fresh prince It originally worked for six seasons and since then has been rebooted by Smith as a simply twisted drama Call-airwhich was renewed for a fourth and final season in December 2024.
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Ribeiro is more busy than ever in these days as host of The most fun US Home Videos in the United States and cohost of Dancing with the stars together with Julianne Haugh. In August 2024, Ribeiro said Use weekly exclusively that had been close to Haugh, as they were combined as Dwts Cohosts.
“Both together, especially during the last year, have become really intimate friends and we like to work with each other,” he said Us.
