To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of “Men In Black”, Director Barry Sonnenfeld shared memories about the franchise such as why Will Smith made it to the movie or why Michael Jackson refused to play an alien in an exclusive interview with Insider!
Sonnenfeld said that for the sequel movie he wanted to have people who make you think “yeah, he could be an alien” but the director did not contact Michael. That’s right, Michael Jackson approached them for the second movie.
He said “Well, I was going to make him an alien and he said, “No, I want to wear the ‘Men in Black’ suit.” So we figured out how to do that and it worked out. He was lovely.”
We already knew that but for those who did not know, here you are!
What would have been nice is to see some “making of” including Michael Jackson on set… Maybe next time!
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