WILLOW SMITH OPTS OUT OF DADDY'S MOVIE, TELLS WILL SMITH "I JUST WANT TO BE 12 YEARS OLD!"

Will Smith's ambitious remake of "Annie" suffers a temporary set-back! Whe the movie was first announced in January of 2011, Smith's daughter Willow was attached to play the title little orphan. But, while peaking at Temple University in Philadelphia this week, Smith revealed that his daughter asked out of the film herself....in his words, Will Smith said:

"Willow was supposed to be doing 'Annie,' we got Jay-Z to do the movie, got the studio to come in and Willow had such a difficult time on tour with 'Whip my Hair' and she said, 'You know Daddy, I don't think so,'" Smith said during an event with author Sister Soulja. "I said, 'Baby, hold up!' I said, 'No, no, no, listen; you'll be in New York with all of your friends and Beyoncé will be there. You will be singing and dancing,' and she looked at me and said, 'Daddy, I have a better idea, how about I just be 12."

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