Smith: ‘I Cheated My Audience’

Hollywood isn't usually known for a surfeit of honesty, but a recent panel of stars turned up some soul-baring nuggets of truth from some of LA's biggest stars. The event, hosted by Newsweek, brought together Nicole Kidman, Will Smith, Sissy Spacek, Naomi Watts, Billy Bob Thornton and England's own Tom Wilkinson as part of a discussion originally intended to be about the Oscars. But almost as soon as it had begun, the stars turned to talking about the machinations of Hollywood and the great unstoppable publicity machine. Talking about how a good marketing spend can make even duff movies look like must-sees, Will Smith admitted to the group that that was the case with Wild Wild West. 'My biggest emotional defeat and the greatest emotional pain I