The star said he wasn’t offered enough money to appear in the hit film. <\/p>
Martin Lawrence may be best known for his buddy-cop franchise with Will Smith, Bad Boys \u2013 the latest film in which, subtitled Ride or Die<\/a>, is in cinemas now \u2013 but it turns out he almost starred in another famous buddy-cop series.<\/p>\n Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and playing a True Confessions segment, Lawrence revealed that he spoke with Chan about appearing alongside him in 1998\u2019s Rush Hour, when Chan appeared in a cameo role on his sitcom Martin.<\/p>\n Lawrence said that \u201che did my show, so we talked somewhere in between there\u201d, adding that \u201cwe talked in person and then we had a dinner\u201d.<\/p>\n He said that he turned the role down because he wasn\u2019t offered enough money, but said he was still happy for the team behind the film when it became a major success.<\/p>\n