What's Will Smith's Dream Role?

By Patrik Henry Bass

Will Smith is one of the big screen's most bankable and highest actors, but what he really wants to do is hang with the working-class gang on "EastEnders," BBC's long-running soap opera set in Albert Square. Smith has asked producers about a "cameo" on the show according to British newspaper "The Sun" Smith, 41, says he became hooked on the gritty drama while promoting "Seven Pounds" in the UK: "I was just chilling in my hotel and "EastEnders" was on TV. I didn't even know what it was, but I literally could not stop watching it. American soaps are all about the beautiful people and being cheesy. This soap had everything. I'm a bit busy but when things quiet down I'd love to do a cameo. I could make a big entrance in the pub, as you guys call it, and be like: 'Hey, girl let's take this outside.' "

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