Smith got emotional talking about his character in the film, recounting a scene in which Peter pauses to praise God in the midst of a harrowing journey through a swamp.
Will Smith and Ben Foster in "Emancipation," premiering n Apple TV+.
Quantrell Colbert/Apple TV+“It was one of the things that I wanted to be able to share with you all, the ideas that I learned from Peter,” Smith told his children.
Smith talked about some of the “brutal” and “dehumanizing” moments of portraying the character and how the role affected him.
Ben Foster plays Jim Fassel, who hunted Peter in the swamp, and praised Smith’s performance in a video sent for the “Red Table Talk” episode.