Will Smith enjoyed quite the wild ride to win his starring role on hit 1990s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
And the Hollywood actor explains exactly how he became the iconic character in a new YouTube video that is now going viral.
Smith’s inspiring story involves his failed second album, an ex-girlfriend, unpaid taxes and the IRS, a drunk Quincy Jones as his record producer, a hastily-conducted audition and contracts that were drawn up in a limo.
Check out the full clip above.