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Cobra Kai Producer Caleeb Pinkett on Storytelling, Will Smith, & Reinvention
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Caleeb Pinkett has produced Cobra Kai, After Earth, and Charm City Kings, but this episode isn't really about the resume. It's about the mentorship, discipline, and one very public failure that actually built his career.
Caleeb traces it back to church pews and history books: a lifelong love of storytelling he didn't recognize as a talent until Will Smith looked at him and said, "you have a gift for storytelling." That single moment of recognition changed everything, and Caleeb…
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