Will Smith joins Pedro Almodóvar’s star-studded Cannes jury
Paris — US actor Will Smith, one of the most bankable stars in the world, is to sit on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival next month, its organisers said on Tuesday. The former hip-hop star, who made his name in the teen TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, will decide the festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, with a nine-member jury that includes fellow Hollywood star Jessica Chastain and the Chinese X-Men franchise actress, Fan Bingbing. Having missed out twice on an Oscar despite being one of the favourites in 2001 for his portrayal of the boxer Muhammad Ali in the film Ali, the Cannes call is another remarkable twist in the story of a rapper who has become one of Hollywood’s key players. With such big stars on Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s jury, it risks rivaling the main competition for glamour, where Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Isabelle Huppert top the bill. Other big names on the jury include the Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, best known for La Grande Belle...
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