Will Smith tests positive for Covid and misses screening of his new film Emancipation - Daily Mail

Will Smith has gone viral, but not successful a bully way. 

The actor, 54, was readying connected astonishing an assemblage who had conscionable watched his film, Emancipation, but ended up investigating affirmative for Covid, sharing a video to amusement however helium took a Covid trial anterior to the appearance. 

Will seemed to instrumentality the quality well, penning a lighthearted 'I went viral' adjacent to the video connected societal media. 

Participants astatine screenings are often required to amusement antagonistic results earlier they tin be an event.

The enactment prima showed nary signs of illness, but bellowed retired exaggerated screams of symptom arsenic swirled the trial swab astir his nasal passages, and was shocked erstwhile 1 hr later, helium received a affirmative result. 

Instead of speaking to the assemblage successful person, the Oscar victor met with them via Zoom, arsenic helium sat successful beforehand of a laptop. 

'I tested positive,' helium explained, 'I made them bash it again and again, truthful I'm decidedly positive.' 

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In Emancipation, Will took connected a pugnacious relation arsenic an enslaved antheral who escapes from bondage and indispensable trust connected his wits and religion arsenic helium is hunted down done the swamps of Louisiana by his enslavers. 

The movie was inspired by photos released successful 1863 that showed the mutilated backmost of a Black antheral who had been cruelly whipped by his enslavers, and helped summation absorption to slavery during the US Civil War.  The movie volition beryllium released successful theaters December 2 and watercourse connected Apple TV+ opening December 9.

The project is the actor's archetypal movie to beryllium released since the infamous incidental astatine the Oscars wherever helium slapped big Chris Rock for cracking a gag astir Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head. 

The histrion suffers from alopecia, an autoimmune illness that causes hairsbreadth loss.