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Cast Research and Cameos00:00:00

Vincent D'Onofrio researched his role by watching bug documentaries and altered his walk with knee braces and taped ankles. The aliens on screen include cameos by Al Roker, Isaac Mizrahi, Danny DeVito, director Barry Sonnenfeld, Chloe Sonnenfeld, Sylvester Stallone, Dionne Warwick, Newt Gingrich, Anthony Robbins, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg. D'Onofrio loved playing the bug so much that he voiced all the bugs in the animated series.

Production Secrets and Props00:00:37

Agent Kay mentions the little ball was a practical joke by the Great Attractor, a real gravitational anomaly found in 1973. The squashed bugs were mustard packets, and the American Humane Society ensured accountability for each roach. Will Smith almost turned down the role due to not wanting to do two alien movies, but Jada Pinkett Smith convinced him. The crew blew up a container with 25 gallons of blue goo for the opening scene. Will Smith's high school picture was used for his ID when Kay erases his records. In the interview scene, Beatrice's lemonade is spat out because Edgar drank all the sugar the night before. The Queens-Midtown Tunnel was a 96-ft replica built to 1/8 scale, identical to the real tunnel, taking 4 months to build.

Filming Challenges and References00:01:42

The scene where Edgar drinks sugar water was shot 15 times, leaving D'Onofrio high on sugar. The Pershing Square Bridge, where James jumps onto the tour bus, is the same bridge used in I Am Legend. Kay's reference to violation 4153 of the Tyco Treaty is a nod to Barry Sonnenfeld's birthday (April 1, 1953). Rick Baker's animatronic for the climax bug was replaced by CGI for more action. The body double for Jay's backward flight wore Kevlar underwear for the car windshield landing.

Continuity Errors00:02:33

After Kay shoots Jeebs, goop covers the counters and shelves, but they are clean in the next scene. The bottom of the sugar glass shows the word 'Sony' and prop house serial numbers. A neck pulse is visible on the corpse of the real Arquillian in the morgue. When James says 'What's up, Hoss?' his mouth doesn't move. The damage to Edgar's Zap'em Bug Truck changes between shots from excessive to minimal.