- CALL MY AGENT. [cell phone ringing] - JADEN PINKETT SMITH, MY MAN. - WHAT UP, CLYDE. HEY LOOK, MAN, I'M GONNA
BE REAL WITH YOU OKAY? THIS "ALIEN BOY" SCRIPT,
I'M NOT FEELIN' IT. I MEAN, IT'S HARD
BEING WILL SMITH'S SON. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE
MY NEXT PROJECT REFLECTS THAT I'M A DOWN-TO-EARTH,
NORMAL KID. AM I MAKING ANY SENSE? YEAH, YEAH,
I'M READING YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. I'VE GOT A SCRIPT RIGHT HERE.
VERY REAL, CALLED "STREET BALL." - TALK TO ME.
- OKAY, SO YOU PLAY TONY. HE'S A KID FROM THE STREETS,
LIVES IN THE HOOD IN A HOUSE
WITH HIS MOM. - STOP. HOUSE? OH, IT'S LIKE A... TINY MANSION.
- GOT IT, GO ON. - SO HIS MOM AND HE,
UH, THEY LIVE IN THIS HOUSE AND SHE WORKS
AT A SUPERMARKET. - STOP. - OH, YEAH, A SUPERMARKET'S
LIKE A MANSION, UH, BUT IT'S FULL OF FOOD
AND ANYONE CAN GO THERE. - SO, LIKE,
WHERE THE BUTLERS GO? - YEAH, BASICALLY.
SO HE, UH-- - AND WAIT. YOU SAID HIS MOM
WAS DOING SOMETHING AT THE SUPERMARKET? - WORKING.
- SO... - WORKING IS KIND OF LIKE ACTING
ON A SET EVERY DAY IN A FILM THAT
NO ONE'S EVER GONNA SEE. AND IT LASTS
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. - OH, LIKE A MAID! - YEAH, YEAH, SHE'S LIKE
THE MAID OF THE SUPERMARKET. - AWESOME, CONTINUE. - SO ANYWAY, TONY DOESN'T
MAKE THE BASKETBALL TEAM, RIGHT? SO HE DECIDES TO START
PLAYING PICKUP GAMES OF STREET BALL OUTSIDE. - SO HE PLAYS BASKETBALL
IN HIS PLANE? - NO, ON THE GROUND. - IN HIS LIMO? - NO, UH, OUTSIDE
IS THAT STUFF THAT GOES BY WHEN
YOU'RE INSIDE THE LIMO. - OH, SNAP! HE PLAYS BASKETBALL
OUTSIDE THE LIMO DOOR? - YEAH, YEAH,
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO THEN HE GETS
REALLY GOOD AT BASKETBALL, AND THEN BLAH-BLAH
BLAH-BLAH-BLAH, FAST FORWARD. AT THE HEART OF THE STORY TONY
HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HIS MOM-- - CHOOSE. - YEAH, "CHOOSE" IS WHEN
YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BETWEEN TWO THINGS YOU WANT
BUT YOU CAN HAVE ONLY ONE. - BUT...THERE'S TWO. - YEAH, BUT, I MEAN,
HE CAN'T HAVE BOTH. - [scoffs] WHAT'D I SAY
ABOUT SCIENCE FICTION, CLYDE? IT'S A NO. - OKAY, WE'LL PASS. ACHOO! - DAD BLESS YOU.
- THANKS.
