May 26, 2006 — It was Chris Gardner’s life, and suddenly one of the biggest movie stars in the world was acting it out. Will Smith was playing Chris Gardner.
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“He had begun to study me,” Gardner said. “Now, that made me uncomfortable. I had never been studied before. But I’ve got to tell you … Will Smith played Chris Gardner better than Chris Gardner ever did.”
