‘Men in Black’ Director Says ‘Will Smith Is a Farter’
"Men in Black" director Barry Sonnenfeld says "Will Smith is a farter" and the soundstage once had to be evacuated for around three hours.
"Will Smith is a farter. It’s just some people are. And you really don’t want to be inside a very small hermetically sealed space with a… pic.twitter.com/13ICzgUbmx
- Variety (@Variety) October 2, 2024
“Men in Black” director Barry Sonnenfeld revealed the set of Men in Black had to be evacuated for three hours after Will Smith farted. Smith was filming a scene with Tommy Lee Jones and two actors had to be “hermetically sealed” in a pod that was being used for a car scene.
“There are locks to prevent it from opening and falling,” Sonnenfeld said. “I say, ‘Roll camera.’ And I hear Will Smith go, ‘Oh Jesus, so sorry. Tommy, so sorry. Baz, get the ladder.’ And you hear Tommy saying, ‘That’s fine, Will. No worries, Will. Don’t worry, Will.’ Anyway, I don’t know what’s gone on, right?”
“So we race the ladder over. Yeah, Tommy reaches his leg out as the ladder is coming over, races down the stairs. And what happened was, Will Smith is a farter,” the director continued. “It’s just some people are. And you really don’t want to be inside a very small hermetically sealed space with a Will Smith fart. You don’t even want to be sitting next to him at the Disney ranch.”
Sonnenfeld concluded, “We evacuated the stage for about three hours. And that’s incredible. No, he’s, you know, a lovely guy. Just, he farts. Some do, some don’t.”