When Men in Black debuted in theaters around the world, the adventure of Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith became an instant classic. The 1997 film took a humorous vein focused on conspiracy and issues related to alien sightings. And the truth is that we saw a few.
Barry Sonnenfeld’s production is full of beings from other planets in outer space, but the ones that caught the most attention were the worms, also called annelids, that appeared in a rest area of the Men in Black agency. Addicted to caffeine and tobacco
Given that Steven Spielberg is the producer and that his relationship with George Lucas has been magnificent, along with the fact that the director of Star Wars has a cameo, everything indicated that such a language was the one spoken by Jabba the Hutt in the galactic franchise. It seemed to make sense, since some fans showed comparisons to point towards that similarity, but the truth is that it was never like that.
During a reportage in commemoration of 25th anniversary of Men in BlackBrad Abrell, one of the voice actors of the worms, revealed that that theory did not match reality.
“The script called for the worms to speak alien gibberish in the cafeteria. When Tommy Lee Jones asked my worm, ‘Don’t tell me we only have that powder stuff,’ my response was gibberish improvised on the fly. A few words here and there were worked out in advance: ‘zabumba’, ‘cahuengas’, etc. Contrary to growing Internet rumors, the language is not a derivation of Huttese (Jabba the Hutt, by the way, was fascinated by it). the creatures and took photos of them to show his son.
That’s right, we all shared the same hope that the connection between both sagas existed, but everything remained an anecdote. At least we were able to enjoy some iconic characters that have become symbols of the series.
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