Will Smith quells 'Concussion' controversy at Film Awards

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By NICOLE EVATT

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Will Smith is not expecting any pushback from the NFL over his upcoming football drama "Concussion."

"I don't think it's going to generate too much controversy (with the NFL). There will be a little difficulty in swallowing it, as it was for me. I'm a football dad, you know," said the 47-year-old father of three.

Smith was honored Sunday at the Hollywood Film Awards for his work in "Concussion." He plays Dr. Bennet Omalu, the forensic neuropathologist who uncovered the dangerous effects of head trauma on the brain in football.

"You don't want it to be true," Smith said on the red carpet. "I think that the science is really irrefutable and the story of Dr. Bennet Omalu is such a powerful story. I think that it will be difficult at first for some, but I don't think that it's going to be that big of an issue. It's something that we have to accept."

FULL story at link.


Will Smith accepts the Hollywood actor award for "Concussion," at the Hollywood Film Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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1. And people were worried about the "knockout game"

Whatever happened to that scare?

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2. Still enough losers out there who enjoy suckerpunches. Just a week ago:

http://www.khq.com/story/30300108/nj-police-man-who-knocked-out-woman-in-facebook-video-charged
What gets me on this one is how no one around does anything. Although at my age I dont know what I could've done either.

And a while before that:

http://www.wyff4.com/news/Man-punches-80-year-old-in-store-knocking-her-to-ground-deputies-say/33605982

Plenty of idiots out there who feel the need to do shit like that.

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3. "Will Smith is not expecting any pushback from the NFL over his upcoming football drama."

Well, of course not, since Sony bent over backwards to make sure that wouldn't happen -- even without any pressure from the NFL.