'Bel-Air' Creator Morgan Cooper Reveals Why Geoffrey Was Almost Axed From the Reboot (EXCLUSIVE)

What came about to Geoffrey on Bel-Air'? Creator Morgan Cooper explains completely to 'Distractify' why Geoffrey almost wasn't in the reboot.

I’ma let y’all end, but Geoffrey from Bel-Air had the greatest glow-up of all time.

Although actor Joseph Marcell from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air will at all times dangle a different position in our hearts, Jimmy Akingbola’s portrayal of the character in the Peacock reboot has us all smitten.

Season 1 of Bel-Air saw Geoffrey and Uncle Phil (Adrian Holmes) get right into a spat that had severe consequences. Not handiest did Will (played by Jabari Banks) depart the Banks mansion, however Geoffrey was fired.

Although he’s briefly grow to be a fan-favorite persona among viewers, Bel-Air series creator Morgan Cooper revealed in an unique interview with Distractify that Geoffrey wasn’t even in the reboot in the beginning. Here’s why…

The creator of ‘Bel-Air’ printed Geoffrey wasn’t originally in the reboot: "It just felt like a dated concept."

Morgan almost broke the internet in 2019 when he launched a fake trailer on YouTube for what would grow to be his modern-day rendition of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — so much so, that it caught the eye of the original Fresh Prince.

As an govt producer on the Peacock collection, Will Smith performed an element in developing the reboot from begin to finish.

In the starting, Morgan opted out of including the Banks’s butler in the reboot. “I didn't need there to be a Geoffrey in the show. It just felt like a dated idea for a Black family to have a Black butler,” Morgan instructed Distractify.

“Thirty years in the past in a comedy is one thing, however to flooring that during a modern day drama just didn't take a seat neatly with me,” he added.

However, with an additional push from Will, Morgan had a change of middle.

"I was down in Miami talking to Will about Geoffrey. And I remember him saying, ‘Morgan, just stick with it. I know there's something there … just like stick with it. Come back to me in a week and see what you got,'" he recalled.

“I was fascinated by Geoffrey and this backstory hit me a few guy who had a life long ago in East London and a storied past.”

Thus, Jimmy Akingbola’s Geoffrey was born.

What came about to Geoffrey on ‘The Fresh Prince’? Geoffrey’s backstory is explored in Season 2 of ‘Bel-Air.’

In The Fresh Prince, Geoffrey was an auxiliary persona who we knew little about. It wasn’t till later in the series that showrunners gave us a glimpse of who he in reality was behind the bowtie.

In Bel-Air, Geoffrey’s backstory is explored. This is particularly true in Season 2, Morgan published.

“I built this backstory out and evolved Geoffrey 2.Zero as this guy who is the residential supervisor of the Banks mansion, but additionally, he moonlights as a fixer for Phil,” the series creator defined.

Much like in the unique Fresh Prince, Geoffrey has an estranged son, who takes middle degree this season on Bel-Air. In reality, it’s his son who impressed Geoffrey to make the determination that put him at odds with Phil final season.

“He's his right-hand, man. He's his muscle from time to time. That's the price that he brings to that circle of relatives,” Morgan shared, including that his friendship with Phil is “in reality rooted in a deep, deep loyalty that Geoffrey and Phil have towards every other.”

“That's why, at the finish of Season 1, Phil felt so betrayed by way of Geoffrey when Geoffrey comes to a decision to tell the reality about [Will's] father … because they have a loyalty that runs so deep and that comes from Geoffrey’s [backstory] and the way he and Phil met.”

“Those two had been via so much in combination,” the showrunner mentioned of the duo.

New episodes of Bel-Air drop on Peacock each Thursday!

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