Will Smith talks about starring in the daring travel show Pole to Pole and having a terrifying scuba diving incident underneath the ice at the North Pole before Jimmy challenges him to hold a boa constrictor for 30 seconds.
An underwater diving experience nearly took a turn for the worst while Will Smith was filming his new travel series, Pole to Pole. The Academy Award winner recalled shooting the show in the freezing temperatures on the Tuesday (January 20) episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Around the five-minute mark of the video below, Smith detailed that his mission was to swim “under the ice,” some of which was “ten feet thick.”
Pole to Pole, which debuted on National Geographic and Hulu earlier this month, follows Smith’s 2021 limited travel series Welcome to Earth. Although he didn’t dive on the previous series, Smith went on a deep sea expedition in a submarine, descending 3,300 feet beneath the ocean in the Bahamas.