Celebrity Smith, Lawrence Confront R-Rated Rats By Stephen M. Silverman Published on July 14, 2003 11:00 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Director Michael Bay finally got his chance to rat out Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. In their new movie “Bad Boys II” — a comedy sequel to 1995’s buddy-cop flick “Bad Boys,” due to open Friday — the two funnymen share screen time with some randy, R-rated rats, according to the Hollywood Reporter. During the course of the Miami-based movie, Smith and Lawrence’s characters reportedly enter a mansion of a drug dealer — where they come face-to-tail with some reproducing rodents. “When I told (Columbia chairman Amy Pascal) what we wanted to do, she was like, ‘What?!”‘ explained the film’s director Michael Bay (“Pearl Harbor”). “And I was like, ‘Amy, trust me, it’s going to be funny. I found where I can train rats to f— for $3,500!”‘ The studio head complied with Bay’s request, which, it turns out, was not that far-fetched. In researching the film, Bay said, he’d heard from police and Drug Enforcement agents about a certain real-life dealer with so much cash around his house that an infestation of rats was dining on it. He then called pest control — only to be visited instead by undercover DEA officials. “Sometimes,” admits Bay, 38, “you get your best stuff from real stories.”