Will's Father was an Amazing Man Raised Him Fed Him Sheltered Him Protected Him Taught Him Brought Him into his Family Made Him into a Man And Most of all Loved Him so so much His name is Phillip Banks aka Uncle Phil
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Ben Vereen stated in an interview that he broke into tears himself after walking out the camera shot to leave Will. Vareen, a father himself, couldn't imagine doing that to his children.
And then after that Lou was like” ok fine! Have a nice life you brat!” So I think the reason why Lou doesn’t want his son is probably because he despises him and that he was an embarrassment to him. Lou is a deadbeat loser
Actually its the other way around, alright, which means its rather the fact that he may have been his daddy, but he wasn't his father, okay, for it is written, "And ye FATHERS provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."
The way that Phil dropped Will's cap onto the floor symbolically shows him removing the tough gangster facade to care for the scared, sad child hidden deep inside. One that keeps wondering why his father abandoned him.
The look on his face at 3:39 is also real IMO. The look of pain, frustration, and fury all wrapped up together. Every good father figure hates seeing their children hurt like that.
Uncle Phil looked at Lou like "You could be just as good a man and father as I am". even though Lou was absent for 15 years. Lou still could've had and built a relationship with Will, but he was too selfish.
@@jamalsoward8404Lou is still only thinking of himself. Comparing himself to Phil, when Phil knows that it's not about that, it's about Will, and that's what Lou won't see.
If only someone would tell my...parents' eldest son that. My parents sure as hell won't (I personally don't care if I ever see him again; I just feel for my nieces and nephew).
Will's dad tried to make excuses about why he walked out on Will as a child and Phil just did not have the patience to hear it. "I was there everyday for my family because that is what a real man does". Every family has hardships. It's how you deal with them that matters. Throwing your hands up in the air and walking out on your family is just about the most selfish and cowardly thing that anyone could do.
Hell, when I learned that my girlfriend was pregnant I felt scared, but I didn't run away. Now I am a proud father of a three year old daughter that makes me forget all my problems.
I'm sorry you didn't have father figure. I cry in a heart beat be very badly I have a father he can't drive can't walk. He in the bed all the time watching tv he hate sitting down wheel chair we had to put him in chair 2 minutes he gets out we had to put him in bed 😢 70 years old
I lived through this entire scene, except it was my mother and not my father. My father was taken from me by a drunk driver when I was three. My mother abandoned me and my father's mother (Grandma) raised me.
Uncle is a real man, refuses to accept shallow excuses, refuses to lie to Will for Lou and when Will rages and screams he stands there and takes all that venom and when Will is breaking down no hesitation grabs him and holds him.
Did Will's dad want to have him ? From my understanding of the storyline, Will's mother wanted to give birth to him, but not sure if the dad wanted him?
My friend same 16 year old son does not know his dad ,he abonded him during while my friend was pregnant with him claming he was not the father and ran off to another country.lucky my fiends late parents helped out with her and grandson.The sad thing he said to me that one day he wants to meet his dad.:(
I think James Avery was really at his best here. I mean yeah he had his funny moments but when he wasn't being funny, that's when he really shined. This scene is such an example
I also like how Philip says he was where Lou is in being scared. And granted I’m not a parent myself but I can totally understand any parent being scared at first. But as Philip said he took responsibility and did what he could.
Yeah I liked how Will said that after he asked why he should be mad. I think he was pretending to not be mad at the moment, trying to shrug it off. But he let it out.
"Will is not a coat you hang up in the closet then pick it up when your ready to wear it. His life goes on. He's not suppose to be here for you your suppose to be here for him." Translation you don't just run off thinking your kids will wait for you and always stay loyal, you be there for them not expect them to waste their life away waiting on you, they have feelings and treating them like things hurts them and you cant think you can just show up like nothing happened after being gone so long and think you can take off again when something happens.
Some parents need to realize that.Kids aren't coats that you just hang in the closet, and pick it whenever you're ready to wear it.Kids aren't wigs that you just hang on heads, and pick it whenever you're ready to wear it, or a 🚗 that you leave outside in the 🌞, and drive it whenever you're ready.Their lives goes on.
That was something that i agree with uncle phil when your kids life goes on.. Something every man should know when its comes to kids that rhere not materials but a part of life of you that continues on..
Phillip was reluctant to let Lou back into Will’s life because Lou does exactly what Phillip was sure he would do, he left again, and he only said goodbye because Phillip held him up to give him a piece of his mind and Will walked in as Lou was leaving. And then Phillip truly demonstrates what a father does when proven right about a difficult issue. He doesn’t gloat, brag or rub it in the faces of everyone else. He lets Will vent and then embraces him when needed despite feeling like crap about the one thing in this situation that he wanted to be wrong about.
"At least he said goodbye this time"... Sorry Will, but he was not even going to do that if it wasn't for Uncle Phil holding him up. He was going to walk out like a coward once again. 😢
Ben Vereen is such a talent. Normally known for his amazing singing and dancing he really stretches his acting chops here. He's the epitome of a triple threat.
Daphne Maxwell Reid gets a bad rap from Janet Hubert fans who claim she was a bad replacement, and I don't think she deserves that at all. She just wasn't given a whole lot to do by the writers after the switch, but she did have a few moments where she got to shine and did them very well - that scene was one of them. Other great moments from her are when she kicked Phil's ex Janice out of the house; grounded Ashley with Phil but also tearfully hugged her to remind Ashley she was only doing it because she loved her; left Phil for a while when their marriage was crumbling; and the episode where the family pastor made a move on her. I really think Daphne deserves a lot more credit from the fans.
As an adopted child, I can definitely feel Will's pain. I was abandoned by my biological parent too. A child should not have to deal with the pain some birth parents cause. I know first hand how being abandoned feels. To anyone out there dealing with abandonment issues, I'm here for you.
Thanks it's a struggle at times my biological mother left the day before my high school graduation without a word I know others will say it's not the same cause she was there til I was done with high school, but it's a pain to have it and then get it ripped apart.
A message for all of the absent parents out there: There may be a time when you are elderly and you will need to be looked after. There may be a time when you are hospitalized for whatever reason and you will need to be cared for. If this ever happens to you, I strongly urge you to have a contingency plan in place because your children very well may not come to your side and they will be well within their right to deny you that. If you weren't there for them, then why should they be there for you?
Lou should be ashamed of himself for walking out on his own son- big props to Uncle Phil for stepping in and being Will's legal guardian and true patriarch to his nephew. As we all know, sometimes, uncles have to step in and be legal guardians to their nieces and nephews, whomever they are!!!
@@jackspiracy3431 guess....I think you can probably admit now "darkest ever" was a bit of hyperbole there but all good man I'm picking up what you're laying out .
When I first found out that I was going to be a father I was scared to death. But I didn't run, I stayed and learned to be a parent and the best father I could be for my daughter. She is an adult now, almost 27 and a very hard-working, upstanding young lady.
I can relate to this scene because both of my biological parents were absent from life. I know this is just entertainment, but their is always a group of family members that come thru for a child abandoned. He describes the rage, abondonment, lack of support, and feelings of rejection.
It’s felt like a curse, a consistent challenge to know and understand my worth though this journey I walk. Never knowing exactly if my worth actually means anything if from what I’ve currently experienced,seen,heard over the years has been a by product of my past or a realization of people’s actual views on each other and myself. That the appreciation of one’s importance is delusional and a lie. Now that i face the possibility of death due to potential cancer. The biggest question that haunts me will I leave as I came or die knowing I truly meant something more than just a damn mistake
Fellas, let this be a lesson if you’re currently a father, soon to be a father, or plan on being one in the future. Don’t be anything like Lou (a terrible father) and be just like; or closely similar; Uncle Phil (a great father)
Ben Vereen said in interviews that people came up to him and dogged him over this episode. He said people would just yell out to him, "How can you leave Will?!", "Why you leave Will?". I think he also said after he was done doing the scene, he cried backstage.
@@darkstalkerkaathe4582 It’s unfortunately not uncommon. Margaret Hamilton had an episode on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood just to set children’s minds at ease about her after her role as the Wicked Witch of the West. Jack Gleason and Lena Heady got death threats for their roles as Joffrey and Cersei on GoT (Gleason even retired from acting, possibly because of the threats). As did Laura Bailey because she voiced Abby in TLoU 2. Some people just can’t differentiate between fiction and reality.
I believe it. The man who played Edith's attempted Rapist on All In The Family got punched in the face by crazed Fans while he was just innocently drinking a coffee in a Cafe! 😱😳🥶😵💫
Mood right here. I was 5 monthes premature in an incubator at the time and bio dad was all like "yeah, not my problem." He's back in contact now but he will never be a dad to me. He gave that up the moment he walked out 25+ years ago.
Lou walked out on Will in front of Uncle Phil. Lou gave up his right to be a father, right then and there and Uncle Phil proved why he was a father figure to his nephew, Will. Lo and behold, Will gains a stepfather in his ex-fiancee-turned-stepsister Lisa's father, Fred, but Uncle Phil remained his legal guardian!!!
This episode was so serious and emotional. One of the rare episodes where you barely get a laugh and the audience and Will knows it. It’s a harsh lesson: a father who abandoned his son is no joke, it’s horrible. Then comes back, acts like he’s changed and ends up rebounding. That is called pathetic as well by the way!
People don't give Ben Vereen enough credit for playing Will's deadbeat dad so well that you really hate him. Excellent acting in a scene full of excellent acting.
Ben Vereen burst into tears after he walked off the set in this episode, from what he said in an interview... And this has one of the best Daphne-as-Vivian lines (I wonder how Janet Hubert-Whitten would have done here) to Lou...
John Burke -- One of the best things an actor can achieve is making a character unlikable. The worst thing they can do is make a character boring, if they're boring they're not worth the audiences time to be invested in, they become forgettable. What they're supposed to do is breathe life into them to make the audience become invested in the character, for good or for bad. Ben Vereen did the mark of a good actor. Not just make the character alive but make the audience hate them, its a task within itself to make the character likeable, but to push it from basic investment, to being unlikable is a challenge.
Ever since becoming a mom, things like this just get to me. They have always made me empathetic and sad but its on a whole new level now. Seeing how trully devastated and dejected Will is here, just hits me in a different place. I have a son, and I can't imagine him growing up w/o his daddy. We r so blessed to be a loving family with support and love on all sides. I wish every kid would know the love and support of a mom, dad, brother/sister, grandma, grandpa, aunts and uncles.
@@questioneverything1639 im sorry man.At least you stood up for you and your.It takes guts to do what you did.The way you treat your mom is the way youll treat your woman.I dont know if thats true or not but I believe so as your mom is always your first love.
My mother did the same. She was an outstanding lady. She never told bad things about my dad. He alone gave the bad impression he was a bad person. That is why I admire my mother, she was the father I did not have.
Uncle Phil came off as strict, but he was the first to defend his family. Even with Will, he loved him and knew how hard he tried to be a good man and the issues he had growing up without a father. That's why he was so angry when Lou showed up after 14 years.
In my case it was my mother that didn't want me. My father didn't even know i existed till i was 3 or 4. I was adopted. It's not just fathers that walk out. Mothers can be just as evil. This is a very powerful scene. In my opinion it's Will Smith's best acting to date. It asks the same question that those of us have asked, when we were kicked to the curb... "Why?" He showed the frustration, confusion and hurt to a "T". Powerfully believable.
This reminds me of real dad and stepdad. My real dad left when I was two. He made me go 11 almost 12 years without a dad I've had a stepdad since I was 3 and my stepdad was like his uncle Phil he was the one who treated me like his own for 10 years he taught me everything my real dad should've taught me but my real dad was too scared to. I listen to this part every time I want to cry and it helps. It makes me realize how strong someone can be. It's taught me that I don't need my dad to be there.
The fact that this was off script is true Kelly heartbreaking. But knowing the fact that uncle Phil jumped to hug him so damn fast and knowing that isn’t was the most genuine heartfelt moment these two actors had together is truly heart warming. I doubt anyone on set will ever forget this moment and I’m almost certain that it will live forever
Say what you may about Will Smith as a person, but this scene proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that as an actor, he is incomparable. The way his face slowly drops when he realizes what his dad's doing, the cold, emotionless way he says his name, the way he tries to act cool and aloof, the way his voice breaks when he shouts "To Hell with him" and the way he finally breaks down, it's acting at its finest.
I think will smith had a troubled relationship with his own bio father right? Some thing it messed will smith so badly mentally and emotionally. Some actors and actresses have really messed up parents.
RIP James Avery; one of the best TV dads ever! This scene between him and Ben Vereen shows tremendous talent between the two actors! It also showed the range that Will Smith had. We got to know him as being incredibly goofy on the show but this one scene showed that he could tap into becoming a convincingly emotionally vulnerable person.
Over 4 years later and this still hits home for me and meny others the dont need a "dad" in their life as long as you have yourself and someone to support you
It's sad that this show isn't as popular as it once was. My mom showed me this show and it's honestly my favorite comedy show. It's amazing. Will Smith's acting in this scene alone was phenomenal.
I think those are the worst words a child can use why doesn't mommy or daddy love me that's why I think you should love your kids treasure every moment you have with them and always tell them you love them and always will be there for them no matter what..
Something that always gets me about this scene is that Will said James was the motivation behind his performance. “I wanted him to want me. To approve of me.” Not far from what the scene was really about ❤️
This is still the most heartbreaking scenes of sitcoms, I have watched Fresh Prince over a few times and this always gets me, especially when Will loses it and asks "how come he don't want me man?" It's just heartbreaking.. and also Unvle Phil trying not to cry himself seeing Will go thru this, probably wishing he could've fixed the entire thing so Will didn't have to go thru it at all
Wow, superb acting. I never went thru that cause I had a Dad with me living in and working outside of me. Hes dead and gone but this makes me appreciate him even more. I love you Nelson!
