I mean, if there is one movie that could have really used him to spice things up, this is it. Talk about a missed opportunity! That whole movie should have been an ensemble cast really.
It was!
What role would have liked to see him in? The computer nerd? His conspiracy theorist dad? The alcoholic ex-fighter pilot-turned crop duster? The president?
A grumpy, paranoid sovereign citizen desert rat type who threatens Will Smith’s character dragging the alien pilot with a rifle and a growling, “Get off my lawn!” threat.
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He could do a “greatest hits”
Alien ship hovers over his house: “Get off my lawn!”
Sees an alien on the ground, points .44 at him. “Do ya feel lucky, punk?”
After alien crashed his ship into a canyon wall. “A man’s got to know his limitations.”
During the President’s rallying speech " With all due respect, sir, you’re beginning to bore the hell out of me"
Before attacking the ship: “You should never kill a man unless it’s absolutely necessary.”
Dogfighting the aliens: “Right turn, Clyde.”
Attacking the ship: "You have a rendezvous with my ass, motherfucker! "
Reminiscing, years after: “you remember that alien I shot through the mouth and his teeth came out the back of his head? I think about him now and again. He didn’t do anything to deserve to get shot, at least nothin’ I could remember when I sobered up. Except invading our planet and killing billions.”
He could have been a wisecracking secret service agent paying homage to In The Line of Fire
“How does he feel about aliens?”
“Ask him.”