Mel Brooks got his Spaceballs: The New One scenes shot first because, well, he's 100
The comedy legend reprises his role as Yogurt in 2027's Spaceballs: The New One.
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If one goes to the trouble of making a 40-year-old sequel to Mel Brooks’ frightfully funny spoof Spaceballs, one ought to, at the very least, accommodate the comedy legend for his scenes. It’s only polite. Happily, such courtesy was present during production of director Josh Greenbaum’s follow-up, Spaceballs: The New One. According to co-star Daphne Zuniga, who spoke at a Melrose Place panel at the evidently real “90s Con” on Sunday (per People), shooting was planned around Brooks to ensure he made it into the film. “We filmed Spaceballs: The New One that Mel Brooks worked with the writers on. He’s a big influence in it,” Zuniga said. “He filmed his part already before we shot. It was his idea: ‘You better film me now because I’m 100.’ So we did.” We will now respectfully note the obvious “Mel shot first” joke here and move on.