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Today, Will Smith’s journey is no longer an attempt to outrun his history through the acquisition of more trophies or more millions. The frantic pace of his earlier career has given way to a slower, more reflective navigation of his own humanity. He is learning, with the eyes of the world upon him, that you cannot heal a wound by ignoring its existence. His path is now about integration—learning to live with the boy who was silent, the man who was violent, and the father who is trying to be better. It is a story of a superstar who realized that the most important role he would ever play was not a character on a screen, but the role of a man who is finally, painfully, at home with himself.
