Stills from the filming and interesting facts about the movie "Men in Black" that many do not know about (14 photos)

"Men in Black" with Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith starring was released in 1997 and became a real hit, which spawned two sequels, the animated series and the highly unsuccessful spin-off. And today I would like to tell you some interesting facts about this cult film, as well as to show interesting shots from filming.





1. The script for the movie "Men in Black" was not original. The original source is comics that were released in the early 90s. By the way, judging by the pictures, Agent J was a Caucasian man (white).



2. When Hollywood producers got their hands on comics, they decided that they should make a movie. Hired as screenwriter comics author Lowell Cunningham himself. But in view of his inexperience, he the more experienced Ed Solomon was appointed as assistant, who previously wrote screenplays for films such as The Adventures of Bill & Ted and Super Mario Bros.



3. As I wrote above, Agent Jay was white in the comics. character, while Will Smith is African American. But initially the role of Jay in the movie was also supposed to be played by white actor David Schwimmer, known for one of the main roles in the series "Friends".



But the actor turned down the offer. Then this role offered actor Chris O'Donnell, who played Robin in the films Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. But he refused because he didn't want to. again to be a minor character running errands for the protagonist. How he was wrong.



In general, it's good that Will Smith played Jay, but it would be funny to see Robin as Two-Face's partner.

Will Smith also did not want to act in this picture, but in the end he was persuaded by his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith.



4. To get used to the role of an insect-like creature, the actor Vincent De Onofrio, who played Edgar, reviewed a bunch of different documentaries about insects.



5. After the release of the film "Men in Black", sales of glasses "Ray Ban Predator 2" has increased dramatically several times, because it is in these glasses that trumped agents Kay and Jay. Also, sales of the Ford car increased. LTD Crown Victoria ridden by the agents in the film.



By the way, initially the brand "Ray Ban" was dissatisfied with the fact that how their glasses were used in the frame. The point is that under the contract glasses should have left a sticker with the brand. But due to the inflicted spraying to eliminate the glare of the sticker was no longer visible. To to smooth over the dissatisfaction, Will Smith inserted the line "I put on my black tie and black Ray-Bans" on the soundtrack of the film, which suited the company.

6. Initially, the role of agent Kay was offered to Clint Eastwood, but he turned it down.



7. Will Smith received more than just an acting fee for this film, but the fee for the soundtrack he composed for that film.



8. Everyone knew about the difficult nature of Tommy Lee Jones. He he never climbed into his pocket for a word and could easily get rude to anyone. How director Barry Sonenfield admitted that he told his wife that he did not I would never work with this actor. But ironically, the director still had to work with Jones.



And to the surprise of Sonenfeld himself, Jones liked the first footage, after which he completely trusted the director and they even managed to find a common language.



9. Performer of the role of the medical examiner actress Linda Fierointino admitted in an interview that she won this role in director's poker They agreed that if she won, then she get a role in the film.



10. During the filming of the film, not a single cockroach was harmed. Behind the filming process was monitored by the Association for the Protection of Animals, therefore, despite the fact that we see real cockroaches in the frame, Will Smith in reality did not crush any of them.



11. The director did not know what kind of ending would be successful, so I decided to shoot some alternative endings, the shooting of which went over the film's budget, which angered the studio bosses. But thanks to Steven Spielberg, the bosses were calmed down.