Yahoo News Kevin Smith confirms Method Man and Redman cameo in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Kevin Smith has revealed that his Jay and Silent Bob reboot will feature cameos from Method Man and Redman.
The director announced the news on Instagram, adding that the film will “finally answer the immortal question: How high?”
He added: “So @jaymewes and I turned to the only men who might be able to solve this eternal mystery: @methodmanofficial & @redmangilla! Holy f***, what a great night we had on set! It was a gigantic, packed day where we had a hundred extras and I was in and out of costumes – and in the middle of it all was the Mef and Red scene.”
“But the moment we called ‘Action’, the legends launched into the single best first take I ever shot in 25 years: they were pitch-perfect and hysterical (and a little touching)! It was so good, I could’ve cut their whole performance from that one take!”
“But my friends flew all way to #nola to say this s***, so we did another two shot, a pair of singles and then picture wrapped our secret sauce!” he continued. “I’ve had millions of memorable moments over the course of my career. But watching that magic take unfurl is in my Top Ten!”
He also added that the duo delivered two of Jay (Jason Mewes)’s famous catchphrases: “Snoogans” and “Snootchie Bootchies”.
Smith, who plays Silent Bob, is reuniting with his original co-star Mewes on the project and is teaming up with producer Jordan Monsanto, who has worked with Smith on several of his films and is married to Mewes.
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The characters of Jay and Silent Bob first appeared in Smith’s directorial debut Clerks, released in 1994, and continued to feature in many of his subsequent films, including Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and Clerks 2.
These films, largely set in his home state of New Jersey, are now known collectively as the View Askew universe.
After revealing that Clerks III and a Mallrats series failed to work out, Smith said in 2017 that he had written a project titled Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, which he described as “a fun flick in which the Jersey boys have to go back to Hollywood to stop a brand new reboot of the old ‘Bluntman & Chronic Movie’ they hated so much”.
“It’s a tongue-in-cheek, silly-ass satire that pokes fun at the movie business’s recent re-do obsession, featuring an all-star cast of cameos and familiar faces,” he added.
