Will Smith has an uncredited role as the Devil in the forthcoming film Winter’s Tale, according to Variety

Due in theaters Friday (February 14), the film stars Colin Farrell and Jessica Brown Findlay. 

Smith appears as Lucifer in scenes where he faces off with Russell Crowe, who portrays a crime boss and demon in the movie, which is based on a 1983 novel by Mark Helprin. 

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Director Akiva Goldsman worked with Smith on I, Robotand I Am Legend and says he had a specific reason he wanted the rapper-actor for the role.

“I wanted the most charming man in the world to play the Devil,” Goldsman says in the Variety article. “And he’s the most charming man in the world.”

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