Will Smith is in for a wild ride.
Today (Dec. 8), National Geographic's new series "Welcome to Earth" drops on Disney Plus, showcasing Academy Award-nominated actor Will Smith in his latest role: explorer. In the series, Smith teams up with different scientists and explorers who take on incredible, nail-biting adventures across the globe. The six-episode limited series does a masterful job highlighting the awe-inspiring natural beauty of planet Earth.
"It was like nothing I've ever really experienced before, and I've been pretty much all over the world," scientist and National Geographic explorer Albert Lin, one of the few explorers who star alongside Smith in the series, told Space.com about the views of our planet shown in "Welcome to Earth."
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The series shows a wide variety of remote, even dangerous corners of the planet, "from volcanoes that roar in silence to deserts that move beyond our perception to animal swarms with minds of their own," according to Disney Plus.
Lin, as well as Diva Amon, a marine biologist and Nat Geo emerging explorer and Dwayne Fields, a Nat Geo explorer, who are also featured alongside Smith in the series, shared with Space.com just how real the explorations filmed for "Welcome to Earth" really were.
"We trained a lot," Lin said. While they trekked out into the wild with "the best teams in the world," Lin said, "nature is nature and you're humbled by it all the time."
"I remember there was a moment, we're trying to descend 400 feet [122 meters] into this massive cave; it's just an area of descent, you're just really hanging on the thread or rope," Lin said. "Then we're going to scuba dive down into this bottomless pit."
Without giving too much away, Lin's description is really just the tip of the iceberg of the thrilling action and majestic, natural wonder that unfolds before your eyes in "Welcome to Earth."
"Welcome to Earth" is produced by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, Protozoa Pictures, Jane Root’s Nutopia and Westbrook Studios.
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