Men in Black - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[toni]

Lowell Cunningham: Creator of the original comics appears briefly as short-sleeve MiB office employee.

[scarlett]

Chris O'Donnell was first offered the role of Jay, but he turned it down because he thought it was another "new recruit" role like his performance of Dick Grayson from Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997).

[darrell]

During the shoot, there was a script revision which changed the role of the 'Galaxy' in the movie - the two Arquillians at the restaurant were originally warring species, who would exchange the galaxy to end a war which the Edgar Bug wanted to keep going. Fortunately, some creative tricks could be used to avoid having to re-shoot several scenes. For instance, the Arquillian restaurant dialogue was originally in English, but was redubbed in post-production in an alien language, that could be subtitled with a new explanation. Similarly, new lines were written for Frank the Pug, whose scenes had to go through post-production anyway. Barry Sonnenfeld could be heard on the DVD bonus material jokingly advising fellow directors to include a talking dog into every movie, which makes it easy to change the plot while filming.

[janice]

Linda Fiorentino was pretty familiar with Will Smith's work - she had watched Bad Boys (1995) seven times with her stepson.

[sylvia]

When James (Will Smith) jumps from the overpass onto the tour bus, he jumps from Pershing Square Bridge, the same location where Robert Neville (also Smith) is attacked by the demon dogs after the sun goes down in I Am Legend (2007).

[bryan]

For the iconic suits, costume designer Mary E. Vogt made an effort to avoid looking too much like The Blues Brothers (1980). She said she was inspired by Cary Grant's classic grey suit in North by Northwest (1959).

[jesse]

The housewife is named Beatrice, which is a reference to science fiction author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s 1959 novel "The Sirens of Titan".

[tammy]

The MiB headquarters is located in the ventilation tower of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, which connects Manhattan with Brooklyn.