Comedy "People in Black": actors, roles, short story

One of the most popular comedies of the late 90's - "People in black." Actors Willard Smith and Tommy L. Jones in the film appeared in front of the audience in the images of fearless fighters with aliens, always falling into hilarious situations. What happened to the main characters throughout the film and who else from the artists was involved in the project?

"People in black": actors. W. Smith as agent J

Willard Smith was repeatedly recognized as the highest paid Hollywood actor . Among other things, he is the owner of the Grammy Award for his musical success.

And the career of the American star began with the low-budget series "Prince of Beverly Hills." In 1996, Smith was entrusted with the main role in the sensational militant "Independence Day." The film was a huge success, and the sizes of the young actor's fees gradually increased. A year later, Will was invited to the project "Men in Black".

Actors Will Smith and Tommy L. Jones in the film played agent-companions who follow the alien situation on Earth. According to the plot of the picture, among ordinary people live the most real aliens. The task of agents J and K is to ensure that the earthlings do not know about the presence of alien beings among them. In addition, people in black must stop any attempts by the aliens to violate terrestrial laws.

"People in Black" is the film that made Smith incredibly popular. In total, three parts of the picture were released. And if the first collected at the box office 589 million dollars, then the third - 624 million.

The actor can also be seen in the pictures "The enemy of the state", "I am a legend" and "Hancock".

TL Jones as agent K

Tommy Lee Jones is an actor who actually specializes in the roles of sheriffs, cops and special agents. "People in black" - a film that was no exception, because this time Jones appeared in front of the audience an unruffled fighter against extraterrestrial monsters.

In 1993, Tommy received an Oscar for the role of Marshal Samuel Gerard in the film The Fugitive. In addition to Jones, the project involved Harrison Ford and Julianne Moore. But the film "In the siege" was for Jones a kind of experiment, because he got the role of a terrorist, which should be defused by Stephen Segal.

Tommy Lee Jones became recognized on the streets after he played the eccentric and cruel Harvey Dent in the Joel Schumacher film "Batman Forever". The team in this project has gathered quite well-known: Nicole Kidman, Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey.

The series of films "Men in Black" only consolidated the success of Jones in the actor's field. The brightest work of the artist in recent times is the role of Tadeusz Stevens in the biographical picture "Lincoln".

R. Thorne as Chef

Rip Thorne is an American actor, who distinguished himself in his career in more than 180 films.

In his youth Thorn graduated from the cattle breeding institute. It is not known what made him then move to Hollywood and do acting. Probably, fabulous fees that get the stars of the "dream factory".

At first, Thorn loitered by extras. The first more or less famous television film with his participation is the drama "Marriage and Violence", in which starred "The Terminator" Linda Hamilton and the young Mickey Rourke.

"People in black" is an important project for Thorn, since he was entrusted with the main role. On the screen Rip appeared in the image of agent Z - the direct superior of people in black.

Also, Thorn was exposed in the project "Without feelings", in the comedy "Vyshibala" and the biographical drama "Marie Antoinette".

Other performers of roles

In the comedy "Men in Black" actors Will Smith and Tommy Jones, or rather their screen characters, have several partners.

The role of agent L was performed by Linda Fiorentino, who also starred in the films Scream, Dogma and Last Seduction.

The image of Agent D went to Richard Hamilton, and Agent B to Charles Stevenson. John Griz, known for the film "The Hostage" with Liam Neeson, performed in the film "Men in Black" the role of the bus driver.

Fredrik Lene appeared before the audience as an agent of Janus. But the actor is more known on the TV series "Staying Alive".

It is noteworthy that the persons who played episodic roles in the film are much more popular than the performers from the main line-up. For example, in the images of aliens, the viewer can see Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, Sylvester Stallone and Barry Sonnenfeld, Danny De Vito and Michael Jackson.