Netflix Backs Away from Will Smith Film ‘Fast and Loose’ (Exclusive)

pagesix.com – By Kathianne Boniello – Some of Will Smith’s upcoming projects have been paused in the wake of the Oscars-slap controversy, a new report said. The actor, who stunned the world when he smacked comedian Chris Rock in the face for making a bald joke about wife Jada Pinkett Smith, has had a Netflix film and a movie for Sony put on hold, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Netflix was in the process of finding a new director for “Fast and Loose,” after David Leitch withdrew from the project ahead of the Academy Awards, THR said. Smith was to play a crime boss with a memory problem.

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