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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have been for nearly 30 years. When they look back on the popular franchise as its fourth installment hits theaters, did they realize the dreams they were chasing were right in front of them? Smith shared the advice he’d give his younger self in 1995 when the first film premiered. “It was like our wildest dreams,” he told Yahoo Entertainment at the May 30 Los Angeles premiere of .

“We were on [the] set of and [were] totally oblivious to the fact that we were in an iconic moment,” the actor and producer said. “I would tell him, ‘Slow down.’” “We were looking at old pictures of ourselves,” Smith added, referring to himself and his co-star Martin Lawrence.



“We [recently] watched a little bit of the first movie together, and we didn't realize we were in the middle of our dreams.” The original , directed by Michael Bay, opened in theaters in April 1995. With a budget of $19 million, the film about two Miami police detectives went on to gross more than $141 million worldwide.

After the success of the first film, Bay directed the second installment, 2003’s , which commanded a larger budget of $130 million and went on to gross more than $273 million worldwide. For the third installment in the franchise, 2020’s , Smith expanded his role to include producing while to co-directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who also directed Smith and Lawrence’s latest buddy-cop outing. , opening in theaters June 7, stars Smith and Lawr.

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