Will Smith Takes A Hiatus From Hollywood

Posted Thursday, November 8, 2001 at 3:57 PM Central

by Heather Koehler

Big star Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith have decided to leave Hollywood for a new home in Southern Africa through next year.

The couple fell crazy over the land and the country while filming Ali so they bought an estate in Mozambique. They plan to move their family to the new home at Christmas and stay there for the next year. His oldest son, Trey, will go to school there as well.

"The experience in Africa was amazing. I am still living off the emotion of it," Will exclaimed. "It felt like God's house was in in Africa and he made sure everything around his house was beautiful."