Men in Black director Barry Sonnenfeld shared a funny behind-the-scenes story about when he had to evacuate the set of the iconic 1997 sci-fi comedy “for about 3 hours” due to Will Smith’s nuclear fart.
Speaking on the October 2 episode of the Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa podcast, Sonnenfeld revealed that Smith and his co-star Tommy Lee Jones were filming a scene inside a “hermetically sealed” chamber, which could be doubled internally. Was designed for. His characters’ cars. According to Sonnenfeld, the pair were upside down in the chamber when Smith let out a particularly powerful fart.
“We’d have to bring a ladder on wheels like in the old days when you’d get on airplanes from the tarmac, and we get them up there and we put them in the thing and we turn it upside down, and we’re ready to shoot. ,” he said laughing loudly.
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Will Smith is a visionary: Sonnenfeld
“I say, ‘Turn the camera.’ And I heard Will Smith say, ‘Oh Jesus, Tommy, so sorry. Get the ladder.’ And you heard Tommy say, ‘It’s okay, Will. Don’t worry, Will.’ I do not know what happened.”
Jones immediately extricated himself from the chamber. Sonnenfeld continued, “We bring the ladder up, as the ladder comes up Tommy sticks his foot out [and] Runs down the stairs. what happened was [that] Will Smith is a visionary. It’s just a few people.”
“And you really don’t want to be inside a very small hermetically sealed space with Will Smith farting,” adding, “You also don’t want to be sitting next to him at the Disney Ranch.”
The situation was so serious that production had to be stopped for about three hours. Sonnenfeld explained the reason behind the long delay: “We evacuated the stage for about three hours.”
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“You know, he’s a sweet guy. That’s it, he farts,” she quipped.
Throughout the interview, Sonnenfeld emphasized what a “lovely guy” Smith is, while also saying, “Some do, some don’t,” referring to Smith’s tendency to let someone slip. .
