Will Smith hopes Oscars slap will not affect Emancipation at 2023 awards season

Will Smith hopes Oscars slap will not effect Emancipation at 2023 awards season (Ian West/PA)

Will Smith says his “deepest hope” is that his infamous Oscars slap does not have an effect on the team behind his new film Emancipation in the upcoming awards season.

The Hollywood actor said he understood if people were “not ready” to have him make a comeback at the 2023 awards circuit, but that the film’s production team should not be “penalised”.