Will Smith visits Mumbai to promote his next film Bright

Hollywood star Will Smith is in the country to promote his Netflix film, Bright

Hollywood star Will Smith is in the country to promote his Netflix film, Bright. Yesterday, at an event in Lower Parel, the 49-year-old actor, who stars as a racist human cop in the sci-fi action-crime drama, said it was interesting to be on the other side.

Will Smith in Mumbai yesterday. Pic/Yogen Shah

"What I realised is that it's not just racism, it's all the 'isms' (the ideologies). Racism, sexism, class-ism, nationalism — all of them are about the individual or group's ego struggle for comparative superiority. Smith is in India along with director David Ayer, and co-actors Joel Edgerton and Noomi Rapace.

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