{"id":286475,"date":"2020-01-14T14:42:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1111718"},"modified":"2020-01-14T14:42:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:42:42","slug":"alexander-ludwig-charles-melton-reveal-what-its-really-like-working-with-will-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/alexander-ludwig-charles-melton-reveal-what-its-really-like-working-with-will-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Ludwig & Charles Melton Reveal What It’s Really Like Working With Will Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Will Smith<\/a><\/strong> is just as awesome as you think he is.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Smith’s Bad Boys for Life<\/em> co-stars Charles Melton<\/strong> and Alexander Ludwig<\/strong> stopped by<\/a> Daily Pop<\/em> and couldn’t help but gush about the 51-year-old A-lister<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Will Smith, I was a huge fan growing up,” the Riverdale<\/em> actor first shared. “He was one of my role models and I idolized his work in everything. Working with him was very, very surreal.”<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, Ludwig had similar sentiments to share as he added that Smith is “consummate professional.”<\/p>\n

“We grew up watching the Bad Boys<\/em> movies and knowing so much about Will’s life,” the Vikings<\/em> star added. “He’s so humble and welcoming and we really just created this amazing family on the set. And I’m so grateful for that, he’s truly just a total beast.”<\/p>\n

Apparently, Smith was even Santa Claus-esque on set as he frequently gifted the cast with presents.<\/p>\n

“It was like Christmas every week,” Melton dished.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“It was insane,” Ludwig further explained. “I mean, you’d go into your trailer and he’d have three other gifts\u2014I still have the Apple TV that he got me!”<\/p>\n

Per Melton, this generosity “boosted the morale” while filming the third Bad Boys<\/em> film. While the two actors were clearly impressed by the Aladdin<\/em> star, they were also thrilled to have worked with Martin Lawrence<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Since Bad Boys for Life<\/em> is somewhat “a comeback” for Lawrence, Ludwig admitted to having missed the 54-year-old comedian’s “voice.”<\/p>\n

“He’s just so incredible, and got the biggest heart,” the Hunger Games<\/em> alum noted. “They’re just amazing.”<\/p>\n

As for what’s next for the Bad Boys<\/em> franchise? Be sure to hear Melton and Ludwig’s takes on that in the full interview above!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Watch Daily Pop<\/i> weekdays on E! at 12 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Will Smith is just as awesome as you think he is. On Tuesday, Smith’s Bad Boys for Life co-stars Charles Melton and Alexander Ludwig stopped by Daily Pop and couldn’t help but gush about the 51-year-old A-lister. “Will Smith, I was a huge fan growing up,” the Riverdale actor first shared. “He was one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-04 22:29:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}