– CALL MY AGENT. [cell phone ringing] – JADEN PINKETT SMITH, MY MAN. – WHAT UP, CLYDE. HEY LOOK, MAN, I’M GONNA BE REAL WITH YOU OKAY? THIS “ALIEN BOY” SCRIPT, I’M NOT FEELIN’ IT. I MEAN, IT’S HARD BEING WILL SMITH’S SON. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE MY NEXT PROJECT REFLECTS
THAT I’M A DOWN-TO-EARTH, NORMAL KID. AM I MAKING ANY SENSE? YEAH, YEAH, I’M READING YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. I’VE GOT A SCRIPT RIGHT HERE. VERY REAL, CALLED “STREET BALL.” – TALK TO ME. – OKAY, SO YOU PLAY TONY. HE’S A KID FROM THE STREETS, LIVES IN THE HOOD
IN A HOUSE WITH HIS MOM. – STOP. HOUSE? OH, IT’S LIKE A… TINY MANSION. – GOT IT, GO ON. – SO HIS MOM AND HE, UH, THEY LIVE IN THIS HOUSE AND SHE WORKS AT A SUPERMARKET. – STOP. – OH, YEAH, A SUPERMARKET’S LIKE A MANSION,
UH, BUT IT’S FULL OF FOOD AND ANYONE CAN GO THERE. – SO, LIKE, WHERE THE BUTLERS GO? – YEAH, BASICALLY. SO HE, UH– – AND WAIT. YOU SAID HIS MOM WAS DOING SOMETHING AT THE SUPERMARKET? – WORKING. – SO… – WORKING IS KIND OF LIKE ACTING ON A SET EVERY DAY
IN A FILM THAT NO ONE’S EVER GONNA SEE. AND IT LASTS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. – OH, LIKE A MAID! – YEAH, YEAH, SHE’S LIKE THE MAID OF THE SUPERMARKET. – AWESOME, CONTINUE. – SO ANYWAY, TONY DOESN’T MAKE THE BASKETBALL TEAM, RIGHT? SO HE DECIDES TO START PLAYING PICKUP GAMES
OF STREET BALL OUTSIDE. – SO HE PLAYS BASKETBALL IN HIS PLANE? – NO, ON THE GROUND. – IN HIS LIMO? – NO, UH, OUTSIDE IS THAT STUFF THAT GOES BY WHEN YOU’RE INSIDE THE LIMO. – OH, SNAP! HE PLAYS BASKETBALL OUTSIDE THE LIMO DOOR? – YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO THEN HE GETS REALLY GOOD AT BASKETBALL, AND THEN BLAH-BLAH BLAH-BLAH-BLAH, FAST FORWARD. AT THE HEART OF THE STORY TONY HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HIS MOM– – CHOOSE. – YEAH, “CHOOSE” IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BETWEEN TWO THINGS YOU WANT BUT YOU CAN HAVE ONLY ONE. – BUT…THERE’S TWO.
– YEAH, BUT, I MEAN, HE CAN’T HAVE BOTH. – [scoffs] WHAT’D I SAY ABOUT SCIENCE FICTION, CLYDE? IT’S A NO. – OKAY, WE’LL PASS. ACHOO! – DAD BLESS YOU. – THANKS.
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