Joe Pantoliano reveals Will Smith facilitated Bad Boys: Ride or Die return

in Bad Boys: Ride or DieMike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett are out on a mission to clear their former captain's name after it was reported he was dirty. On the heels of Mike's wedding and Marcus' heart attack, the couple will go to any length to prove that Captain Howard was a good man and a good cop. However, this means that the Bad Boys will have to cross several lines in order to prove his innocence and take down the drug cartel that Howard was framed as a part of.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die Brings together characters and stories from the past Bad boys movies, culminating in a heartfelt examination by Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey. While Bad Boys: Ride or Die Has the classic action and comedy that fans have come to expect at its heart, this is a movie with a very emotional story that shows the growth that both Mike and Marcus have experienced throughout the franchise. Directed duo Adil and Bilall return after their box office success with Bad boys for life.

Screen Rant interviewed Bad Boys: Ride or Die Star Joe Pantoliano. He discusses the chemistry between Smith and Martin as well as the directing team. Pantoliano also revealed that Smith pushed for his return after Captain Howard's death in Bad boys for life and joked about Easter eggs from his past movies.

Joe Pantoliano is "thanks to Will Smith" for bringing back Captain Howard

Bad Boys: Ride Or Die brought the character back in a big way

You are a legend, sir. In the last film when Captain Howard died, I was devastated. It was the shock of the movie. So to see her return is fantastic. As soon as Bad Boys: For Life Did you know you would return to the role in the film?

Joe Pantoliano: Oh, not soon after. I don't even know when I found out they were doing it, but at one point I started getting messages from Westbrook [Studios] So to speak: they talk about finding a way to bring you back. Will wants to find a way to bring her back." And so I'm grateful to Will Smith for finding someone to come up with it. Then it was just great how they were able to put it together.

Joe Pantoliano on the chemistry between Will and Martin and the directing team

"I like them so much, and I enjoy working with them."

I think these Bad boys Movies just get bigger and bigger and better and better as the years go by. Adil and Bilall returned to direct the film as well and it is phenomenal. Can you talk about retiming with them on the film?

Joe Pantoliano: They're great. I am so happy for them. I like them so much, and I enjoy working with them. But most of all, their enthusiasm for filmmaking and [Robrecht Heyvaert] Their DP who joined, when I think of them as a team, I think of the three of them, not just the two of them.

There was a lot riding on this, the success of this for Will. I didn't think that after winning an Academy Award I would return to Bad Boys. I was like, yeah, Bad Boys is a nice fit at the moment. It had a very happy ending. He will put everything he has into it. Martin supported him and they made a great movie.

Yes, they did. When you talk about the three of them are a couple though, together with the cinematographer, the same thing. I think about the three of you Will, you, and Martin is also the same kind of trio now. You get to see their chemistry firsthand over the past 30 years. Can you talk about how their chemistry with yours has evolved over the course of the film series?

Joe Pantoliano: I really can't because it's so natural. It's not something you work on. It is a given. I said they are the modern day Tracy and Hepburn.

Joe Pantoliano jokes about Easter eggs from his movies in Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Indeed, this is a great call. Now, what do you think these Bad boys Series stands out in the action comedy genre because each one of the movies gets better and better. And you're right, the cinematography in this film is, oh, it's amazing. There are so many incredible shots in this movie.

Joe Pantoliano: I think that as an audience, we've grown to really love the characters and to see any story telling, to see the characters stuck in a position that we can't imagine them getting out of. right? You get them stuck up on a tree and then how do you get them down? And then this in the fourth, the fact that they become the bad guys.

There were a lot of similarities, frankly, to Midnight Run where everyone rushes them. I was very proud that they stole so many sequences from movies I was in. You got the Fugitive stuff in there and you got Midnight Run in there. You even got some of the running scared in there.

More about Bad Boys: Ride Or Die Home Release

When their late police captain is linked to drug cartels, wisecracking Miami cops Mike Lowry and Marcus Burnett embark on a dangerous mission to clear his name. On the Run: Bad Boys-style.

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