'After Earth' Was the 'Most Painful Failure' in Will Smith's Career

Will Smith, who is gearing up for his new film "Focus" with Margot Robbie, opens up about his experience in 25 years of his acting career. Smith who covers the front page of the latest edition of Esquire speaks in length regarding lessons he learned in life as well as his previous film "After Earth". Also starring his son Jaden Smith, the 2013 sci-fi directed by M. Night Shyamalan collected $60.5 million domestically.

Calling the movie "a valuable lesson," Smith explains, "That was the most painful failure in my career. 'Wild Wild West' was less painful than 'After Earth' because my son was involved in 'After Earth' and I led him into it. That was excruciating."

"What I learned from that failure is how you win. I got reinvigorated after the failure of 'After Earth'. I stopped working for a year and a half. I had to dive into why it was so important for me to have number-one movies. And I never would have looked at myself in that way," he continues.