Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “Booty Call”

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Tisha Campbell and Will Smith

In that same interview with XXL explained who the role was initially supposed to go to and how Will Smith encouraged her during the audition and how he helped her get the part.

I think Tisha Campbell was the original cast mate in Booty Call, and she dropped out. So they had open auditions, and I had just done a guest spot on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. I’m walking on the Sony lot, and Will Smith is there shooting “Men In Black.” He goes, ‘Are you on your way up to see Jeff Pollack?’ And, I’m like, ‘Yeah! How did you know?!’ Well, Jeff Pollack, who I never met when I was on the set of Fresh Prince, was an executive producer. And, Will was like, ‘I’m going to go put in a good word for you. Don’t worry.’ He did, and it’s because of [him] that I even got that. And, when I did Fresh Prince, he told me at the end of the last day when we did the live audience taping, ‘You’re going to be a star. Just keep doing what you’re doing.’ I will always honor him. He’s an amazing man.

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