![]() ![]() Nicky’s character clearly became a complicated subject for Fresh Prince seasons 4 through 6, as the youngest Banks child was an infant in season 4 until he was magically aged into a preschooler for the season 5 premiere. Even though the original Aunt Viv would be recast in season 4 with actress Daphne Maxwell Reid, Fresh Prince still had to feature Hubert’s pregnancy in season 3, which meant rerouting the future of the show to include the Banks’ young child. Nicky was only written into Fresh Prince once the original Aunt Viv actress, Janet Hubert, became pregnant in real life. Nicky Banks not existing in Bel-Air’s reboot still makes sense for the larger picture, particularly because he was never even part of Fresh Prince’s original plan. This isn’t to say that she couldn’t still be a new parent and successful artist, but that introducing Nicky would complicate her ease of mind in launching back into her career, especially since Bel-Air already established that the initial reason for her 20-year artist hiatus was due to her family obligations. Since Bel-Air episode 9 confirmed that Aunt Viv’s art career will be taking the center stage for the Banks family after Uncle Phil dropped out of his race for District Attorney, it would seem odd for the series to complicate the more career-oriented future of Bel-Air's Aunt Viv with an unplanned pregnancy. While Nicky grew to become a fixture in the Banks home once he was quickly aged for Fresh Prince seasons 5 and 6, he’s arguably the most disposable of the original main characters, which supports the notion that he won’t exist in the dramatic Bel-Air reboot. It seems that Bel-Air’s future seasons will be missing Nicky Banks, the youngest child of Philip and Vivian Banks who was born at the very end of Fresh Prince season 3. Related: Bel-Air Brings Back Geoffrey’s Saddest Fresh Prince Story In changing the trajectories of the core characters, Bel-Air hints that a figure from Fresh Prince’s later seasons won’t appear in the new show. Jazz is no longer Will’s goofy friend who incessantly pesters Hilary, Aunt Viv is now a career-oriented artist, Geoffrey is a much more suave employee of Philip Banks, and Fred Wilkes has been set up as Bel-Air season 1’s main antagonist. With the new dramatization of Fresh Prince’s iconic characters, many figures have been excluded from the reboot or have had their sitcom personalities adjusted. ![]()
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