“Crying at the premiere was not my expectation, but there I was,” says the actress.
The script forClerks IIIwas directly inspired by the ‘widow-maker’ cardiac event Smith suffered in 2018.
“So Randal, the video-store guy, has a massive heart attack.
Trevor Fehrman, Brian O’Halloran, Rosario Dawson, and Jeff Anderson in ‘Clerks III’.JOHN BAER/Lionsgate
Randal and Dante (Brian O’Halloran) essentially make their own version ofClerks, a black-and-white movie calledInconvenience.
It’s incredibly meta.”
“When we filmedJay and Silent Bob Reboot, it was a year after his widow-maker heart attack.
Rosario Dawson at the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Clerks III’.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
I think these characters have earned getting there.
Clerks IIIwill play in select cinemas Sept. 13-18.
Smith will tour with the filmin select markets in September and October.
Watch the film’s trailer below.
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