Will Smith Was Wooed To Make ‘Men In Black’ By Steven Spielberg Sending A Helicopter

Will Smith is one of the biggest movies out there, starring in many fan favorites, such as Independence Day, the Bad Boys franchise, and Men In Black.

However, there was a time that the 54-year-old actor wasn’t sure about starring in Men In Black.

During his appearance on Kevin Hart‘s Hart to Heart series, Will opened up about how Steven Spielberg, who produced the movies, convinced him.

“I kinda understood Men in Black a little bit, but I didn’t want to make Men in Black,” Will explained. “That was the next year after Independence Day, so I didn’t want to make to alien movies back to back.”

But Steven when to great lengths to convince him otherwise, and even sent a helicopter to pick him up so he could have a face to face with the star.

“Steven Spielberg sent a helicopter for me…It landed at his house, and he had me at ‘hello,’” Will adds. “It was the first time I’d ever had lemonade with carbonated water. I was like, ‘This is regular.’ .. He flew me in, and he said the coldest sh**.”

He recalled Steven asking him to “‘tell me why you don’t want to make my movie.’ And he’s the producer. And he put the ellipsis at the end, it was the dot, dot, dot. ‘Tell me why you don’t want to make my movie.’ It was the dot, dot, dot. If he had continued, he would’ve said, ‘Joker, you know I made Jaws, right? You know I made E.T..’”

After starring in the first Men in Black with Tommy Lee Jones, he went on to star in the sequel, and third movie as well.

Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson then starred in Men In Black International, which came out in 2019.

Will just recently weighed in on the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.