Men in Black: This Will Smith filming anecdote is too embarrassing to be true

Although they have been out for years, many classics have amazed, surprised or disappointed their long-time fans through anecdotes or stories from the set. The latest? Men in Black. An embarrassing anecdote that surely would have deserved to never be shared.

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In 1996, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones starred together in Men in Black. An action comedy where a young NYPD officer discovers what's going on behind the scenes by joining the MIB, a top-secret organization that manages Earth's extraterrestrial relations, and becomes the partner of a long-time agent. One comes out of the cult Independence Day, the other is recovering from Batman Forever, a Smith-Jones duo that will offer us an unforgettable classic, and that even after a shot of Neuralyzer.

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But as The Hollywood Reporter shares, the slick action scenes and scathing humor aren't the only takeaways from Men in Black. As the film's director Barry Sonnenfeld explains on the Sirus XM Let's Talk Off Camera podcastThis week, Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith had to lock themselves in a sealed cockpit for the filming of the scene “Don't push the red button”, in which Agent J presses the red button of the black Ford Crown Victoria driven by Agent K.

You see the scene coming. A closed place and above all, hermetically sealed, a Will Smith with a gritty sense of humor, sufficient conditions for the birth of an embarrassing scene. “What happened is Will Smith is a joker,” Sonnenfeld says. “It's just that some people are, and you really don't want to be in a very tight, sealed-off space with a farting Will Smith. You don't even want to be sitting next to him at the Disney ranch.”

A fart maybe, but a big enough commotion, and probably smelly, that the set had to be evacuated for more than three hours. At least that's what the American director explains. According to him, Jones and Smith had just sat down and strapped themselves in so that the cameras could start rolling. turn when Smith decides to warn the congregation: “Oh, Jesus, I'm sorry. Tommy, I'm sorry. Baz, go get the ladder.” Tommy Lee Jones is then heard saying: “It's okay, Will. Don't worry, Will. Don't worry, Will.” “He's a lovely man, but he farts,” Sonnenfeld concludes. “Some farts, some don't.”

There you have it.