FRIENDS star admits he passed on MEN IN BLACK

Crazy, right!? Well… maybe. David Schwimmer of “Friends” fame said he passed on starring in “Men in Black”, which was a hit for Will Smith. “it was a direct conflict with — this was my summer window from Friends, I had a four-month hiatus, and Men in Black was going to shoot exactly when I was going to direct this film with my company.” “Of course it was an amazing opportunity,” he said. “I mean, you have to follow your gut, you have to follow your heart. And look, I mean I’m really aware — whatever, 20 years later, maybe more — that would have made me, I think, a movie star. If you look at the success of that film and that franchise, I would — my career might have taken a very different trajectory.” This comes from Origins with Cash Jumbo.