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Set during the 2000s, the film stars Will Smith as Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist who fights against the National Football League trying to suppress his research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) brain degeneration suffered by professional football players.
In the film, Omalu, portrayed by Will Smith, is the central character. Although the film claims merely to be "based on real events", it has been criticized for inaccuracies. [34] [35] Nevertheless, the movie's production led to the creation of a foundation named after Omalu to advance CTE and concussion research. [36]
The first trailer for Concussion, the sports drama that shines a spotlight on the controversial issue of head traumas suffered by former NFL players, is out.
True story about forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu, played by Will Smith, who discovered the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after performing an autopsy on former NFL center Mike Webster, portrayed by David Morse. Carter High: 2015 Drama Robberies and a grades scandal cost a Dallas school its 1988 state championship.
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Will Smith has said he would "respect" anybody who decides to skip his new movie, Emancipation, following his controversial incident at the Oscars this year.
In Concussion, Smith played Dr. Bennet Omalu of the Brain Injury Research Institute, the first to discover chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Smith reported he had doubts about the film early in the production, saying, "some of my happiest memories are of watching my son catch and throw a football.
[14] [15] In 2019, Smith starred as the Genie in the live-action adaptation of the 1992 animation film of the same name, Aladdin. The film is his highest grossing, with a worldwide box office total of over $1 billion. [16] In 2022, Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as tennis coach Richard Williams in King Richard. [17]