Having changed gears, Kevin Smith sought out Will Smith, who gladly accepted.
"He came with no ego," Kevin Smith reflected during a two-day Philadelphia stop last week -- one with reporters and the second as part of a Q &A session following a screening of "Jersey Girl." "He came to play for a day."
Without giving up the plot, Will Smith has one scene that serves to tie together the father-daughter bonding that is central to the film's theme.
During filming, Will Smith was rather "modest," wondering at times if he would come off as "arrogant," Kevin Smith observed.
If anything, television's Fresh Prince turned movie star came off as a "family guy," Kevin Smith suggested.