Men in Black II trivia

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Famke Janssen was originally cast as Serleena, and even completed
some of the filming, but was forced to drop out of the project due
to a death in the family. Lara Flynn Boyle was then cast in her
place.

The original ending of the film included a scene in which the
World Trade Center towers opened up, releasing a swarm of UFOs
into the air. Following the towers' destruction, the film's ending
was changed.

The original pug from Men in Black was used to play Frank again,
but since the pug was now seven years old, they used makeup to
hide the gray fur around its nose.

Comedian David Cross (II) has appeared in both Men in Black movies
but in different roles, as Newton in this film and as the ill-
fated morgue attendant in the first.

The locker which Agents J. and K. are led to has the number C18.
That number also appears on a locker in Get Shorty, also directed
by Barry Sonnenfeld.

In the scene where K walks out on the street and sees the homeless
man walking by with a shopping cart, glowing eyes can be seen
peeking out from under a tarp in the cart. These eyes belong to
one of the mechanical aliens from Batteries Not Included, another
film produced by Amblin Entertainment.

You can see Edgar the bug's flying saucer (from the first film) on
top of the roof on the restaurant where J takes Laura for a piece
of pie.

The steering mechanism in the car when flying near the ending
scene is a silver-colored DualShock, the controller used for
Sony's Playstation and PS2 consoles. This leads to J's joke about
a "Gameboy".

Director Cameo: [Barry Sonnenfeld] The husband in the family
watching TV when Jay, Kay and the Worm Dudes walk in to collect
some guns.

Cameos include: Tommy Lee Jones' daughter (as the daughter in K's
old apartment) and Will Smith's sons (the two boys who look up as
J and K fly overhead)

Cameo: [Rick Baker] Alien makeup effects master Rick Baker appears
in the MIB Headquarters at the Alien Registration counter, his
trademark hair gives him away

The little girl at the post office who wants to buy Rugrats stamps
is Chloe Sonnenfeld, daughter of director Barry Sonnenfeld.

Cameo(John Andrew Berton Jr.): Film's Special Effects supervisor
appears as the split alien guy at the mail post.

The hotel where the worms were staying was the Hotel Earle from
Barton Fink.

When J and K go to the Worms' apartment, they are speaking
Huttesse to each other. Huttesse is the language of the hutts from
the Star Wars films.

When J & K are watching the Light of Zartha video in Newton's
room, J comments on the corny video, saying "Looks like the work
of Spielberg". The film's executive producer is Steven Spielberg.










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