Random Movie Trivia - Men In Black

Here is the next edition in our weekly Random Movie Trivia post.  Enjoy:

Men In Black

• The MIB headquarters are located in the ventilation tower of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, which connects Manhattan with Brooklyn.
• Actor Vincent D'Onofrio researched his role as Edgar by watching a lot of bug documentaries. In order to achieve his character's distinctive walk, he put on knee braces so he couldn't bend his legs, and taped up his ankles.
• According to the novelization, J is right to shoot Tiffany, the cardboard cutout on the MIB firing range. She's actually a dangerous alien in disguise, while all of the other aliens around are completely harmless.
• The "known aliens" visible on the screen at MiB headquarters include Al Roker, Isaac Mizrahi, Danny DeVito, director Barry Sonnenfeld, Chloe Sonnenfeld (Barry's daughter), Sylvester Stallone,Dionne Warwick, Newt Gingrich, Anthony Robbins, George Lucas, and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
• Clint Eastwood was offered the role of K but turned it down.
• Chris O'Donnell was first offered the role of J, but he turned it down because he thought it was another "new recruit" role like his performance of Dick Grayson from Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997).  David Schwimmer was asked to play the role of J before Will Smith, but turned it down.
• Will Smith was cast because Barry Sonnenfeld's wife was a fan of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
• When K reveals there are about 1500 aliens on Earth and most of them are on Manhattan just trying to make a living, James asks "Cab drivers?". This is a reference to writer Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' novels, particularly the final novel 'So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish', where archivist Ford Prefect's entry in the Guide hints that driving a cab is a good way to make a living for aliens visiting New York.
• Quentin Tarantino was originally offered the chance to direct, but turned it down.
• Linda Fiorentino "won" her role in Men in Black in a poker game with director Barry Sonnenfeld. Afterwards he warned her she would not be in any nude scenes.
• The noise the neuralyzer makes when it flashes is the sound of a strobe flash reloading.
• John Turturro was offered the role of Edgar, but had to decline due to other commitments.

"Chris, when we said 'Men in Black', this is not what we were talking about.  You know what, you're out, we're going with the Fresh Prince."