"Bad Boys" starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence does have an edge of violence but the promotional emphasis was on the comic appeal.

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Bay sat down with his stars, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, and hammered out some bits to make the movie funnier and started shooting.

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Smith owns a four-bedroom house in North Lawrence and a small apartment in Jining (600 miles into the interior from Shanghai), but he is essentially a full-time road warrior.

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