Will Smith and his I Am Legend co-star, Abbey the German Shepherd, received along so properly that he tried adopting her.

In ranking the most effective puppies in cinema background, no doubt Sam from 2007’s I Am Legend is in the dialogue. Not only was her existence essential to the film – up till her devastating final scene – but her portrayer was also incredibly the actress. And who far much better to know than her human counterpart, Will Smith?

Showing up on Hot Ones, Will Smith praised Abbey, the German Shepherd who took on the position of Robert Neville’s companion Sam in I Am Legend. “It was like working with a fantastic actress,” he stated, noting that he was totally blown away by just how incredibly excellent of a performer Abbey was. “Abbey’s undertaking that…[A dog trainer] trained Abbey to go limp and I laid her [down]. How do you practice a puppy to go limp?” Sam was also partly played by a different German Shepherd, Kona, who must have been a actual bitch if Smith so seldom mentions that pooch…

As an option, all the like goes to Abbey. “It was like Abbey spoke English…Like, she practically could understand you, it was the weirdest point.” Smith had these a effective bond with Abbey that he even attempted adopting her, even although he wasn’t authorized due to the fact she was “the breadwinner of the family.” According to IMDb, the sole show screen credit score for every single Abbey and Kona is I Am Legend.

Smith in reality not also extended ago named I Am Legend as a single of his 4 favored videos of his incredibly personal and it seems evident that undertaking function with Abbey may perhaps be a primary trigger for that.

The sequel to I Am Legend is evidently continue to relocating ahead, with each of these Smith and new addition Michael B. Jordan displaying self self-assurance in the venture. As the latter spot it, “We’re continue to doing work on the script and having that up to par. It does not have a release day or anything at all like that. I’m not guaranteed precisely exactly where we’re likely to be filming that one, but I’m really psyched to get in entrance of the digicam with [Smith].”

In which would you position I am Legend’s Abbey in your list of the finest film puppies at any time? What produced her so incredibly crucial to the tale for you? Fall your opinions below!