Lionel Messi’s Partnership With Will Smith Takes Unexpected Turn as Inter Miami Star Ventures Beyond Comfort Zone to Promote ‘Bad Boys’

The next entry in the iconic Bad Boys franchise is set to be released on June 7th. Actor Will Smith is quite busy with the promotions and his recent promo with Lionel Messi went viral on social media. Following the massive success of the collaboration, La Pulga is once again seen in an ad with the Bad Boys cast. Soccer fans are left stunned by what the playmaker said in the new advertisement.

In the new ad for Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Lionel Messi visits Smith and Martin Lawrence’s house. The Hollywood duo greets Messi who then says, “Bad Boys?.” Hearing this, Smith and Lawrence explained that it was the wrong house and closed the door. While it was a neat idea, the talking point was Messi speaking in English. The soccer icon is primarily a Spanish speaker, as seen from his interviews and on-field communication. Yet, his acceptance to try out something new speaks volumes about his relationship with Will Smith.

Recently, Will Smith had posted an Instagram collaboration with Lionel Messi. In the clip, Smith and Lawrence are about to kick a soccer ball. Just then, Messi drops into the frame and casually boots the ball away. Although the playmaker didn’t utter a single word, the post blew up. In over 24 hours, the post garnered more than 4.1 million likes. No wonder why Will Smith wants to continue involving Lionel Messi in promotions.

Lionel Messi is undoubtedly not the most comfortable in English. But, it is a language that he understands and communicates in. In fact, his Inter Miami teammate Julian Gressel had revealed an interesting incident regarding the same.

When Lionel Messi asked Julian Gressel to rate his English

Playing in Inter Miami with lots of US players, not everybody might understand Spanish. Acknowledging this, Lionel Messi has indeed made efforts to communicate tactics via English. Defender Julian Gressel revealed that the Riyadh Season Cup game against Al Hilal was when he heard Messi conversing in English for the first time. His words, as per Gressel, were, “Now, we change. You stay and Jordi runs. Jordi goes more in behind.’ I was like okay, sounds good.”

Following this, La Pulga even asked Gressel whether he was able to grasp his instructions. Gressey explained, “He goes, ‘English, pretty good no?’ I was like ‘yes, very, very good, I understood everything.” Teammate Robert Taylor also had something to say regarding Lionel Messi’s English skills. La Pulga is taking English lessons, according to Taylor. Taylor added that Messi’s English is ‘pretty good’ now. Hence, perhaps in the next ad, we might get to see the soccer icon deliver a full-fledged dialogue in English.