“There are locks to prevent it from opening and falling,” Sonnenfeld told Ripa, 54. “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.’ ”

"You really don't wanna be inside a very small hermetically sealed space with a Will Smith fart," the filmmaker said.

Men in Black” director Barry Sonnenfeld appeared on the "Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa" podcast and revealed the set of the 1997 action comedy once had to be evacuated “for about three hours” because Will Smith farted.

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During the scene where Smith's Agent J and Jones' Agent K were driving upside down the Midtown tunnel, they had to be hermetically sealed into the fake car on set. That's when Smith accidentally let a fart rip while he and Jones were stuck inside.

You really don’t want to be inside a very small hermetically sealed space with a Will Smith fart,’ said Barry Sonnenfeld

The Men in Black director revealed how Will Smith’s gross habit made it hard for the crew to stay on task during filming.

Barry Sonnenfeld says Will Smith's farts on the set of Men in Black actually forced them to evacuate the set for three hours.