When Bad Boys: Ride or Die hits theaters next month, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence won’t be the only established characters returning.
The new sequel also brings back Vanessa Hudgens’ Kelly, a weapons expert who made her franchise debut in 2020’s Bad Boys For Life.
Filming originally began in April 2023, although production was suspended in July when the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA went on strike.
Shooting resumed after the attack, but when they returned, Hudgens, 35, was expecting her first child, while Smith, 55, said AND that it led to a film shift.
Smith admitted that at some point directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah had to “shoot around it.”
When Bad Boys: Ride or Die hits theaters next month, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence won’t be the only established characters returning
The new sequel also brings back Vanessa Hudgens’ Kelly, a weapons expert who made her franchise debut in 2020’s Bad Boys For Life
Filming resumed after the strike, but when they returned, Hudgens, 35, was expecting her first child, while Smith, 55, told ET that led to a film crew.
“So the strike happened [and] When she came back and we had to finish the movie, it was real [about] I’m trying to figure out how to shoot around,” Smith said.
Smith added that Hudgens: ‘a hard worker’ and she ‘wants to get it done the right way’.
“I was like, ‘No, don’t worry. You can always tell your kid that he/she was in this scene with you,'” Smith joked.
Hudgens first revealed her baby bump on the red carpet of the 2024 Oscars, where she served as host.
She is expecting her child with husband Cole Tucker, a professional baseball player for the Colorado Rockies.
Hudgens announced her pregnancy in March by showing off her baby bump on the red carpet at the 2024 Academy Awards.
She recently spoke about her character’s return, saying, “I mean, it’s just such a classic, beloved story and it’s really fun to be able to go on this journey with them and have so much time pass.
“We really based it on the fact that they’re a little older and things are changing and they’re not necessarily working at the speed they once knew,” she added.
“It’s fun to be around and I think there’s a lot of belly laughs [it’s] action packed. It will be a great movie,” she said.
“So the strike happened [and] When she came back and we had to finish the movie, it was real [about] I’m trying to figure out how to shoot around,” Smith said
Hudgens first revealed her baby bump on the red carpet of the 2024 Oscars, where she served as host
She is expecting her child with husband Cole Tucker, a professional baseball player for the Colorado Rockies
The 2003 sequel Bad Boys II raked in $273.3 million from a $130 million budget, while 2020’s Bad Boys For Life earned $426.5 million from a $90 million budget.
The film franchise began with 1995’s Bad Boys, the directorial debut of then-music video director Michael Bay, which was a modest box office hit, grossing $141.4 million worldwide on a budget of just $19 million.
The 2003 sequel Bad Boys II raked in $273.3 million from a $130 million budget, while 2020’s Bad Boys For Life earned $426.5 million from a $90 million budget.
Smith reveals that this upcoming sequel – in theaters June 6 – has expanded the Bad Boys universe.”
“We took an aggressive picture with this film, we tried to keep it exciting, that’s what we wanted to be [a] full popcorn movie, but we wanted it to grow with the characters.”
“Don’t try to make the 25 year old version of the movie, no, these guys are making it age appropriate,” he said.