Courtney B. Vance Compares Angela Bassett Story to Will Smith Slap: 'We're Not Going Down Like That'

Courtney B. Vanceis recalling a time when he had to encourage his wifeAngela Bassettto “just keep walking.” During an appearance on Power 105.1 FM’sThe Breakfast Clublast week, Vance, 62, discussedWill SmithstrikingChris Rockat the 2022Academy Awards, and said he and Bassett, 63, once faced a situation where she considered responding to a stranger who approached them in baggage claim at an airport. “[The fan] wanted an autograph. I said, ‘It’s not appropriate right now.

Courtney B. Vance on Late 'Lovecraft Country' Costar Michael K. Williams: 'We Were Brothers'

Courtney B. Vance’s win at the Creative Arts Emmys is bittersweet amid the sudden death of hisLovecraft CountrycostarMichael K. Williamsand the HBO series' unexpected cancellation. After winning for outstanding guest actor in a drama series on Sunday, Vance — who played George Freeman onLovecraft Country— told PEOPLE and other news outlets how Williams both inspired and moved him. “I love him,” he said. “I’ve been following him and he had been following me for a number of years.

Courtney B. Vance on Raising Teenage Twins with Angela Bassett: 'I Go to Work to Rest' (Exclusive)

Slater Vance, Bronwyn Vance, Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance attend the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.Photo:Arturo Holmes/Getty Arturo Holmes/Getty Life raising teenage twins isn’t always easy, according toCourtney B. Vance. In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE, the actor, 63, opens up about raising his 17-year-old children,daughter Bronwyn Golden Vance and son Slater Josiah Vance, with wifeAngela Bassett. “I always tell people that I go to work to rest and I come home to work,” Vance — who recently released a book,The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power —says.

Courtney B. Vance Plays a Criminal Mastermind on One Last Ride in 'Heist 88' Trailer (Exclusive)

Courtney B. Vanceis leaving his mark inHeist 88. PEOPLE is exclusively debutingthe first trailer forthe crime thriller based on a true story, in which Vance, 63, plays Jeremy Horne, a “criminal mastermind with an innate ability to convince anyone to do just about anything, who decides to pull one last job before going to prison,” according to a synopsis. InHeist 88, Horne “recruits four young bank employees to steal close to $80 million in a daring and brazen assault on the U.

Courtney B. Vance Reveals He Proposed to Wife Angela Bassett atThe Preacher's WifePremiere (Exclusive)

Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett in 2016.Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImageCourtney B. Vanceis opening up about his marriage toAngela Bassett.“Angela and I got engaged on the premiere night ofThe Preacher’s Wife,” the actor, 63, reveals in this week’s issue of PEOPLE magazine.“That was a transitional moment in my life,” the Emmy-winner recalls of the 1996 Penny Marshall-directed film, in which he costarred oppositeWhitney HoustonandDenzel Washington.“I asked her to marry me at the premiere,” Vance says of Bassett, 65.