In a cameo for the upcoming Bad Boys film starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, Lionel Messi spoke English in front of an audience for the very first time.

Fans were shocked by the cameo appearance by the Inter Miami star on Tuesday morning; he relocated to the US last year and has only ever interviewed in Spanish.

The brief video, shared on the Bad Boys’ Instagram account, depicted Messi approaching the doorstep of Smith and Lawrence.With hardly two words of English, he asks the two, “Bad boys?”

In a hilarious scene reminiscent of the classic film series, the actors who played Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnette, respectively, inform the football great that he has arrived at the “wrong house” and forcefully shut the door. When the Argentina captain unexpectedly appeared in the video, fans were taken aback.

Something like, “I’ve never heard Messi speak English before,” was written by someone on X.”I never imagined this day would arrive,” someone else remarked.

‘Messi coming to the MLS might be one of the best moves he made,’ a third fan added, and another fan laughed, saying, ‘They should give Messi the Oscar early.’

Teammate Julian Gressel recently disclosed that the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner has been speaking English while playing. The winner himself does not speak English publicly. In March, the German fullback made an appearance on the Player Manager podcast, when he revealed that he and Leo had been laughing about something since the very beginning.

“I inquired as to his proficiency in English, and his response was, ‘no, not really. Your Spanish is probably better than my English,'” he continued.

At one point in Saudi Arabia, he approached me and started speaking English. “Now, we change,” he says while covering his mouth. While Jordi (Alba) runs, you remain put. Jordi goes further behind.

I then ask him, “English, pretty good, no?” I thought, “Yes, that’s great!” I grasped the concept completely.