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						<p>Will Smith is still keeping it fresh — and a little feisty.</p>
<p>The 52-year-old star of the NBC sitcom &#8220;The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air&#8221; officially announced Friday that a much-anticipated cast reunion will air Nov. 19 on HBO Max — and it will indeed include a shocking sitdown with cast member Janet Hubert, who played Aunt Viv for the first three seasons.</p>
<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t celebrate 30 years of &#8216;Fresh Prince&#8217; without Janet,&#8221; Smith said in voiceover as cast members&#8217; jaws dropped during an otherwise <strong>sentimental 2 1/2-minute trailer</strong> that he shared Friday morning on social media.</p>
<p>The get-together will mark the 30th anniversary of the series, which premiered in 1990 and ran for six seasons and 148 episodes.</p>
<p>&#8220;These are the people who made me the man I am today,” he said in an accompanying caption on Instagram. &#8220;And I couldn’t let this day go by without marking the occasion.&#8221;</p>
<p>The reunion special, <strong>which taped in September</strong>, is billed as a &#8220;funny and heartfelt night full of music, dancing and a look at the cultural impact the series has had&#8221; in the official synopsis.</p>
<figure id="attachment_16618761"  class="wp-caption aligncenter"><strong><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/11/13/8216-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-8217-reunion-trailer-full-of-love-laughs-and-aunt-viv-0.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Front, from left: Tatyana Ali, James Avery, Will Smith. Back: Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, Janet Hubert, Alfonso Ribeiro</span><span class="credit">NBC / Everett Collection</span></figcaption></figure>
<p>The reunited Banks family will include cast members Tatyana Ali (who played Ashley), Karyn Parsons (Hilary), Joseph Marcell (Geoffrey), Daphne Maxwell Reid (the second Aunt Viv — more on that later), Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton) and DJ Jazzy Jeff (Jazz).</p>
<p>The ensemble&#8217;s affection for one another is still palpable in the teaser video.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our show meant black excellence to people,&#8221; Ali shared. &#8220;The excellence was the way that we loved each other.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cast members also related that tapings themselves were &#8220;just kinda like a Friday night party&#8221; and &#8220;the hottest ticket in town.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, it turns out that, early on, then-rapper and novice actor Smith was uncertain of his own abilities.</p>
<p>&#8220;Nobody ever asked me if I could act,&#8221; said now-successful filmmaker Smith in the clip, which led to a quick, witty retort from Ribeiro: &#8220;And you couldn&#8217;t.&#8221;</p>
<p>But there are also some heartwarming moments, including tributes to late actor James Avery — &#8220;the heart to the show,&#8221; in the words of Ali — who played Uncle Phil and is seen wrapped in a bear hug in a scene with Smith.</p>
<p>Smith also surprised many fans (and apparently the cast) by including Hubert — who left the show in 1993 and was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid — in the reunion. Smith and Hubert reportedly had not sat down and talked for 27 years <strong>amidst</strong> an alleged ongoing feud between the two.</p>
<p>The reunion isn&#8217;t the only &#8220;Fresh Prince&#8221; revival in the works: Smith <strong>has reportedly signed on</strong> to executive produce a dramatic reboot of the show, which is being shopped to streaming networks.</p>
			
					
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