He wasn't getting the nutrients.'ĭescribing his son's health, Will said that it panicked the couple to look at him.

He just looked drained, he was just depleted. 'Will and I had a bit of an intervention with Jaden because he's a vegan now, but we realised he wasn't getting enough protein,' Jada said on the Season 2 premiere of the Facebook Watch series. The rapper added that strangers would, 'Come up to me like, 'You can have my food, man.'' Jaden Smith on Red Table Talk (Facebook)Ĭoncerns were first raised about Jaden's health in September when his mother Jada publicly revealed she and her husband had to stage an intervention for their son over his eating habits. Muccino proved everyone wrong, because he cast Jaden in the film, which went on to make over $307 million at the box office worldwide (via IMDb). After his breakout performance, Jaden was cast in 'The Day the Earth Stood Still,' 'The Karate Kid,' 'After Earth,' and 'The Good Lord Bird' (via IMDb).'After the last episode, I walk in the street and people are like, 'Oh my god! Are you sick? Can I pick you up? Could I get you some water?'' he told his family prior to sitting down at the famous Red Table again. They felt that people wouldn't be able to suspend disbelief seeing Jaden and you on camera as father and son' (via Insider). In Will Smith's self-titled memoir, he recalled that Muccino told him, 'The studio felt like it was a death sentence for the film from a marketing standpoint.

Will Smith discussed working with his son in the movie during an interview with movie and book critic Kam Williams, and stated, 'Having my son, and being able to lay in a subway bathroom, with my real son, just added to the ability to be able to transform and to become Chris Gardner for those moments.'Įven though director Gabriele Muccino wanted to hire Jaden to portray Christopher Gardner, Jr., the studio wouldn't allow it at first.

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