Will Smith teases 'Fresh Prince...' revival as Uncle Phil

Los Angeles, Dec 25 (PTI) Will Smith has teased that ifhis hit '90s show "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" were to return,the actor would be game to star i...
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Los Angeles, Dec 25 (PTI) Will Smith has teased that ifhis hit '90s show "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" were to return,the actor would be game to star in the role of Uncle Phil.

The 49-year-old actor, who played a fictionalised versionof himself as a teenager named Will, said he would not be ableto portray the same role due to his age.

"I'd have to be Uncle Phil in that one. I'm 50. Like,'C'mon, Aunt Viv! I'm 50. I can't go out on my own?'" Smithtold Graham Norton on his chat show when asked about apotential reunion.

James Avery played Phillip Banks on the NBC show. Hepassed away in 2013.

In March, Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Carlton Banks,Smith's onscreen cousin, took to social media to share areunion picture with the cast.

The team of the "Fresh Prince..." - Tatyana Ali, KarynParsons, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Reid, along with Smith andRibeiro posed together for a photograph. PTI RDSRDS.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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