In 1999, Lawrence lapsed into a coma after collapsing from heat exhaustion while jogging.
He would later serve probation on another gun charge. The comic was hospitalized in May 1996 after police said they found him wandering and disoriented on a busy Los Angeles street with a loaded pistol in his pocket. Blige, Snoop Dogg and Foxy Brown.Īfter the mayhem of the release, Lawrence says he's taking a break, after several brushes with the law and what he's described as a near-death experience. Diddy" Combs to produce a star-studded soundtrack featuring new releases from Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Fifty Cent, Mary J. Lawrence: ‘I Just Want to Rest’Īs an additional draw, Bruckheimer brought in Sean "P. The trash talk and violent chase scenes make Bad Boys II a "solid rated-R film," as Smith puts it - "pure adult comedy." That might make it hard for the film to compete with Pirates of the Caribbean and other films that appeal to a broader, family audience. "We were acting really, really stupid making this movie and the chemistry we had off camera, that's just what it is … That's how we interact." "When I stand in a scene with him, I feel like I don't have to do any work." "You just put the camera on him and say go," he says of Lawrence. The Smith-Lawrence combination is a "comedy machine," Smith says. So we had all of our ad-libbing ahead of time." So what we did is, we had probably three weeks of rehearsals prior to the film where we just had a writer there. "In the first film we pretty much ad-libbed every scene," Smith says. Gabrielle Union joins in as Lawrence's sister, an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent who becomes Smith's love interest. Smith and Lawrence chase Ecstasy smugglers who are moving in on Miami. The sequel pulls together elements of the original. Smith: ‘We Were Acting Really, Really Stupid’ Smith even recalls an early screening of the film when he watched the reaction of a woman looking at him on screen. But he credits the Jerry Bruckheimer film - which began with him running with his shirt open - with making him a sex symbol. Smith was already a TV star when he signed on to Bad Boys.
"I've had successful films … But that thing where people are just salivating before the credits roll at the beginning of the movie … You know, that's a great feeling." "I haven't really felt this kind of anticipation since Independence Day," Smith says. Perhaps that's because Bad Boys was the highest-grossing film for Columbia Pictures in 1995, achieving a global level of success never before attained by a film staring two black actors. But even for Smith, a rapper-turned-lovable-Hollywood-family-man, Bad Boys II, opening nationwide today, comes with a buildup of anticipations that even a Men in Black sequel can't match.
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