
Will Smith is famous for starring in big action movies like Bad Boys, Independence Day, Men in Black, and Suicide Squad. He doesn’t strike most people as someone who enjoys real-life risks – something he even discovered while filming Bad Boys for Life. So, it surprised many when he signed on for Pole to Pole, a show that involves genuinely dangerous challenges, like ice diving in the Arctic (where he had a scary, but funny, close call). Recently, on The Tonight Show, Smith jokingly blamed Denzel Washington for his decision to take on the show. He went on to explain: