For several years, the story diverges on the network that Smith really fell in love with the animal on the set and wanted to take it to himself, but the owner of the dog did not agree with such a proposal. We tried to check if this was really.
For example, in 2022, in VKontakte, the public Rhym and Panchi (more than 8,100 likes at 304,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) released Such a post: “Will Smith in the film“ I is a legend ”fell in love with Abby’s dog so much that he tried to shelter immediately after filming, but the dog’s trainer refused him this.” Record of the same content on the Pikabu website back in 2018 Received More than 4000 pluses - it claimed that the actor “almost on his knees was begging her coach to give” the dog, but the trainer Steve Berens did not agree. In 2023, a video on how Smith begged the coach, they went on YouTube channels "Something else" And @ramila.kasumova - They collected 3.7 million and 570,000 views, respectively. At the same time, the authors Some publications Checkthat the actor allegedly wanted to not just pick up, but to buy a pet.
The story of Smith's attempt to become the new master of Abby is also popular in "Zen", In entertainment communities on VKontakte (examples here, here, here, here And here), in Telegram channels (here, here, here, here And here), on Facebook* (here, here And here) and other sites. For example, on the Rambler/Cinema portal about this story Reported twice. Rarely, but still there are posts in which Approvedthat the actor still bought the pet.
"I am a legend" is an American post -apocalyptic film, the plot of which Founded On the novel of the same name by the writer Richard Matison. The main roles in the picture performed Will Smith, who played Dr. Robert Neville, and the German shepherd named Ebbi, who was called Sam (reduction from Samant) in the film.
World premiere of tape took place In early December 2007. In the middle of the same month, authoritative publications, such as Today And Vulture, citing the leading television program Access Hollywood Sean Robinson They reported that, on the set of the film, Smith fell in love with his colleague-dog Abby and wanted to take her to his home. Unfortunately, at the time of writing this analysis, the material on the website of the MSNBC television channel is not available, however, it was “checked” by his flashed copy - The newsletter appeared on December 14, a day output Film in American rental.
At the beginning of that text tellsHow Smith and his four -legged girlfriend became close to the set. According to the actor, he even had to "take care of the animal to win the location of Abby. He laughed with a laugh that the coach called their meetings with the dog “dates”. Then Smith admired how the shepherd understood the team, admitted her love and shared a story from his childhood.
In fact, Abby helped Smith overcome his unwillingness to approach the slobbery beasts.
“When I was little (I was probably nine years old) I had a dog hit by the car,” the actor explained. - And I said: "That's all! Enough of me. I will no longer fall in love with the dogs."
But he fell in love with Abby and even asked her trainer Steve whether it was possible to leave her at home.
“I begged him,” Will said. - I said: "Please let me take Abby. Please, please, please let me take her." But she now has her own family, so it was just another of those fleeting Hollywood novels. One of those events that simply happen. In general, what happens in Vegas remains in Vegas. ”
Ebbi trainer is really called Steve Berens - He runs the company Animals of Distination And several decades have been training animals for filming in films and series. "Checked" already told About him in the analysis of viral publications of 2022–2023 that Abby is still alive. Then we contacted the trainer, and, according to him, the shepherd died a few years ago. Berens found Abby in a California nursery and taught it from scratch for several weeks, followed Semi -annual Filming. According to the coach, his company is not very large, so a personal approach is applied to animals there. At least until 2018, Abby Live With his family, his trainer is his daughter and her children.
In 2018, in an interview with Ladbible Berens touched The topics of his dog with Smith. It turned out that the coach had a completely different version of events.
Berens said that the experience of working with Smith was “fabulous” and that Abby also became a big fan of his human colleague.
He added: “After working with a large number of actors, you understand that they are not very interested in animals-many actors look at them as something that the audience will look at, and not themselves ... But Will was not at all like that. He understood that in front of him was his colleague and the same star, and he really got used to the role. It was amazing to work with him ... In my opinion, he really liked Abby, and this changed all. I believe that this is one of those things in the film that I am very pleased and which I am very proud - their relationship was really strong. ”
In fact, rumors even began to appear that Smith was interested in becoming the new master of Abby. Berens would not have necessarily against this situation, but he was a little afraid of it.
“It seems that, through some channels, he mentioned this, but, in truth, he didn’t tell me right,” Berens explained.
“I did not want this to end poorly - you yourself know how many stars fall in love with their colleagues, and then, as soon as they are filmed in the next film, switch and scatter ... If he turned directly to me, I don’t know. When you train and spend so much time personally, you have a certain relationship. She was always with us, in our house and next to our other animals. She was just always a large part of our family. ”
It turns out, according to Smith, he begged Berens to give him a dog, but the trainer refused, and according to Berens, the actor never personally asked him to give Abby (none of them mentioned the purchase). Thus, at the moment, the history distributed in social networks and on sites cannot be fully confirmed or refuted, since the statements of both participants contradict each other.
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Photo on the cover: the film "I am a legend" / Kinopoisk.ru
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