As Bel-Air continues to develop in viewership with its fashionable rendition of the hit 90s sitcom, The Recent Prince of Bel-Air, two unique forged members are gearing up for a visitor look.
Daphne Maxwell Reid, who performed Aunt Viv, and Vernee Watson-Johnson, who performed her sister and Will Smith’s mom Viola “Vy” Smith, are set to visitor star on Bel-Air, Deadline reported.
Within the ninth episode airing March 24, Reid and Watson-Johnson will play Helen and Janice, members of the Artwork Council Board of Trustees.
Peacock’s Bel-Air reimagines the traditional ’90s sitcom that turned Will Smith right into a family identify. Actor Jabari Banks provides a brand new perspective on Will’s sophisticated journey from West Philadelphia to the lavish, gated group of Bel-Air.
The collection took place after Will Smith noticed Morgan Cooper’s viral trailer that confirmed a extra critical rendition of Will’s traditional character. The debut season follows a younger Will as he battles with embracing the second probability he was given in Bel-Air and letting go of his previous in Philadelphia. Cooper government produces the present with Smith and present runners, T.J. Brady and Rasheed Newson, in line with Selection.
“For those who discover, I’ve by no means put my identify on one thing on this method as an government producer,” Smith instructed Deadline. “It’s such an ideal steadiness and a reimagining of this world.”
Reid was initially forged because the second Aunt Viv after the unique Aunt Viv, Janet Hubert, left the present following points she skilled on the time with Smith. In the course of the Recent Prince reunion that aired in 2020, Smith and Hubert sat down for the primary time since they labored collectively and hashed out all of their variations.
New episodes of Bel-Air air on Peacock each Thursday. The primary season finale of Bel-Air will likely be March 31, one week after Reid and Watson-Johnson’s visitor appearances.
