Will Smith and Martin Lawrence weren’t first alternative for Bad Boys

Believe it or not, however Will Smith and Martin Lawrence weren’t the studio’s first alternative for Bad Boys‘ central partnership.

Attending the Bad Boys for Life premiere in Hollywood on Tuesday (January 14), the duo reminisced about who was initially within the operating.

“Yeah, Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz have been the unique Bad Boys,” Smith informed ET Online.

“That would have been a little bit of a different movie!”

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Carvey (greatest identified for his half in Wayne’s World) and Lovitz have been in line to play Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett earlier than anybody else, however script points, fixed rewrites and behind-the-scenes studio politics noticed them each depart the challenge.

It’s actually robust to think about the 2 Saturday Night Live comics within the roles – the on-screen dynamic would have been the polar reverse to what Smith and Lawrence provide.

Speaking in 2010 about what might need been, Lovitz informed The AV Club: “They rewrote [the primary Bad Boys script] for 3 months, however Disney did not need to do the brand new script. They needed to do the unique one, and it ended up going to Columbia.

“And Barry Josephson – who’s a pal and was once my supervisor – he determined to make it with two black actors, and that is what occurred.”

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Lovitz admitted that Smith and Lawrence have been “great” of their roles however added: “It was disappointing. I wanted to do it.”

Elsewhere within the Bad Boys universe, Lawrence just lately weighed in on why his character’s sister, Syd Burnett, does not make an look within the new film.

Bad Boys for Life rolls into cinemas tomorrow (January 17).

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