Josh Gad teased Spaceballs 2 plans for years and, now, the film is truly coming to fruition. What's particularly exciting about the sci-fi spoof sequel is that the vast majority of the surviving main cast members are returning, and that includes Rick Moranis. Of course, Moranis, who's been out of the live-action acting game since 1997’s Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, is reprising his role as the villainous Dark Helmet. So this film marks an auspicious moment for Moranis and, in terms of how the filming experience compared to the first one, he cited one key difference.
When a BTS Instagram photo surfaced of the Spaceballs 2 cast uniting for a table read, you better believe fans were in their feels seeing Rick Moranis there. It was fortunate that producer Mel Brooks was able to sell Moranis on returning for the legacy sequel. The cast recently assembled at CinemaCon to promote the film (which is now officially subtitled The New One), ET asked about what made filming this latest movie different from the first. In Moranis' estimation, it has to do with a key casting addition:
