News about Steven Ogg

Will Smith's role in his latest period drama, "Emancipation," has already earned accolades for the 54-year-old actor (despite the Oscar controversy), but he is not the only one to give a passionate role in the film. During a recent episode of "Red Table Talk," Smith said that his costar, Steven Ogg, once "ad-libbed" in one of their scenes together and spit on his body during filming. "One of the first days on set, there is a scene with one of the actors and he leans down in my face and says, 'You a cold one, ain't you?' Smith recalled his three children — Trey, 30, Jaden, 24, and Willow, 22 — simulating a spitting motion and displaying his shocked reaction. "Ahhhhhh, I was like, 'Makeup!' He chuckled. "No, but. .. . "I was like, whoa, every actor on this set was taking it seriously."