Here's Nicole Scherzinger's villain role in Men In Black 3 explained, and how her character meets her demise. After actors like Clint Eastwood and Chris O'Donnell were considered for the movie, Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith were cast as Agents K and J in the original Men In Black. Based on a comic of the same name, this 1997 blockbuster was a unique melding of comedy and blockbuster and found the pair racing to save the world from a villainous alien bug.

The original was a smash success, but subsequent entries failed to live up to its good reviews. Men In Black II felt like a tired rehash of the original while 2012's Men In Black 3 arrived a full decade later. This entry was a little better received, largely thanks to its unique setting and Josh Brolin's - playing a younger Agent K - uncanny impression of Tommy Lee Jones. After plans for a crossover with the Jump Street franchise went nowhere, the series was given a soft reboot with Men In Black: International. Despite reteaming Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth from Thor: Ragnarok, it was a glossy and forgettable installment that received mediocre reviews and box-office.

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The plot of Men In Black 3 revolves around Jemaine Clement's villain Boris The Animal seeking revenge on K for his arrest 40 years previously. Boris was jailed in top-secret prison on the moon, and in the opening he's broken out by girlfriend Lilly Poison, played by Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger.

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Lilly arrives at the LunarMax Prison in Men In Black 3's opening sequence carrying a cake to give to Boris, who is understandably chained up securely. It turns out the cake is hiding a creature dubbed the Weasel, which shoots out lethal spikes and proceeds to massacre the guards. Boris and Lilly then proceed through the prison with the former spiking anyone in his way, but when it looks like the guards have them cornered, he just blasts a hole in the prison's roof which sucks them out into space. This has the unfortunate effect of pulling Lilly out too, but despite initially grabbing onto her, Boris soon let's go and she's sucked out in the vacuum.

Despite being promoted as a big role, Nicole Scherzinger's screentime in Men In Black 3 is around five minutes max. It's basically a cameo, but Lilly helps set the plot in motion and her death establishes Boris The Animal truly doesn't care about anyone but himself.

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