Will Raps To Take Chill off Shoot
January 27, 2007 -- WILL Smith warmed up a crowd of about 1,000 extras huddling under the Brooklyn Bridge to shoot a scene for "I Am Legend" as the thermometer hit 11 degrees Thursday night. "So he grabs the microphone from the first assistant director and breaks out into a spontaneous rap, leading into a quick rendition of his hit 'Summertime,' " one actress told Page Six. "More than 1,000 extras sang along at the chorus. It was a pretty great moment - everyone was definitely warmed up by it." The movie features Smith as the last uninfected man on a planet swarming with vampires. The bridge scene, full of helicopters and ferries, is a flashback showing everyone in Manhattan trying to evacuate by getting past a military barricade onto an East River barge. Smith is running for his life with his wife, played by Salli Richardson-Whitfield, and their daughter, played by his real-life offspring Willow.