Movie director Bratt Ratner talks about the funny things he's done with Michael Jackson

During an appearance on TV talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday (26Oct11), Brett Ratner, friend of Michael Jackson and movie director, recalled one hilarious night spent with Michael Jackson when the two pals and Jackson's driver Kato hit the country roads near Jackson's home armed with water balloons.

Prankster Michael Jackson once took filmmaker Brett Ratner on a 4am waterballoon mission and terrified a stunned homeless man.

Ratner and Jackson became close friends and the Rush Hour director would often stay at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara, California.

The moviemaker said, "He (Jackson) puts on a Hulk mask... and we're driving down an empty road... No one is in sight... All of a sudden there's, like, a homeless guy walking on the side of the expressway... and Michael Jackson says, 'Kato, hit the breaks...'"

"This guy thinks he's gonna be attacked and all of a sudden Michael Jackson pops out of the sun roof with the Hulk mask on.

"Imagine how scared this guy was... The guy starts running in the other direction and he (Jackson) says, 'Kato, throw it in reverse!'

"We catch up to the guy and the guy just stops and he (Jackson) just hits him with the water balloon and he goes, 'Kato, go!' "We laughed the whole night..."

"It was, like, the craziest thing."

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