<p id=”par-1_36″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/will-smith/”>Will Smith</a> was known to goof off a bit with his <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/will-smith-knocked-men-black-director.html/”><em>Men in Black </em>director Barry Sonnenfeld</a>. But at one point, the actor’s behavior hilariously led to the entire film’s crew keeping their distance from him.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-will-smith-halted-the-entire-men-in-black-set-by-doing-this”>Will Smith halted the entire ‘Men in Black’ set by doing this</h2>
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<p id=”par-2_38″>The <em>Men in Black </em>set always seems to be a riot whenever Smith and Sonnenfeld get together. In the past, the two have joked with each other a little too much, to the point where accidents happened. </p>
<p id=”par-3_59″>Recently, Sonnenfeld revealed that another lighthearted incident they had while filming the first movie led to delaying an entire <em>Men in Black </em>sequence. The director described the <em>Men in Black </em>scene where Smith and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/josh-brolin-cast-men-in-black-3-really-bad-tommy-lee-jones-impressions-drinking.html/”>his co-star Tommy-Lee Jones</a> are riding inside their iconic black car. In reality, Smith and Jones were both inside a pod enhanced with special effects.</p>
<p id=”par-4_58″>“There are locks to prevent it from opening and falling,” Sonnenfeld said about the pod on<em> <a href=”https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/barry-sonnenfeld-the-not-so-silent-schmuck/id1676166337?i=1000671496354″>Let’s Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa</a></em>.<em> </em>“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.’”</p>
<p id=”par-5_14″>After he retrieved the ladder, Sonnenfeld discovered that Smith accidentally farted inside the pod.</p>
<p id=”par-6_49″>“And what happened was, 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 Will Smith fart. You don’t even want to be sitting next to him at the Disney ranch,” Sonnenfeld said.</p>
<p id=”par-7_27″>“We evacuated the stage for about three hours,” he added. “And that’s incredible. No, he’s, you know, a lovely guy. Just, he farts. Some do, some don’t.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-will-smith-made-barry-sonnenfeld-s-job-better”>Will Smith made Barry Sonnenfeld’s job better</h2>
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<p id=”par-8_66″>Smith and Sonnenfeld have worked together on all three <em>Men in Black </em>movies. Throughout the course of their partnership, Sonnenfeld has had nothing but kind words to say about the actor. The filmmaker asserted that Smith was more than just a pleasure to work with. He helped alleviate the often overwhelming stress that came with directing a movie. Especially a big-budget venture like <em>Men in Black</em>.</p>
<p id=”par-9_70″>“On <em>MIB</em>, I’m neurotic, and Will is incredibly not neurotic,” Sonnenfeld said in a 2012 interview with <a href=”https://www.vulture.com/2012/04/barry-sonnenfeld–men-in-black-3.html”>Vulture</a>. “I am full of self-loving and self-loathing, and Will is only self-loving. It’s great to have his strength, which he hands over to the director, be it karmic or emotional or just because he’s a powerful actor in the studio system. But he says, ‘What do you need? How can I help?’”</p>
<p id=”par-10_16″>Sonnenfeld asserted that his professional experiences with Smith only improved after the latter’s <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jada-pinkett-smith-said-1-superstar-will-smiths-family.html/”>star power grew.</a></p>
<p id=”par-11_54″>“He allows me to be stronger. He backs me up. I’ve given up the psychosomatic heart attacks! I use stress more as a dietary tool — I was able to lose 25 pounds during <em>MIB</em>. For me, it’s about unconscious narcissistic rage, because I take any anger I feel and internalize it,” he said.</p>
<p id=”par-12_68″>“So, as a hypothetical, if a prop guy doesn’t show up with the bicycles, or the special-effects guy can’t get the elevators to work, even though he said it would be ready, or you want an actor to do a certain thing and he’s terrible, I’ve decided not to express it but to internalize it so I don’t seem like a yelling a**hole on the set,” Sonnenfeld added.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-what-barry-sonnenfeld-feels-about-a-potential-men-in-black-sequel”>What Barry Sonnenfeld feels about a potential ‘Men in Black’ sequel</h2>
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<p id=”par-13_60″>Smith’s sci-fi franchise hasn’t had a sequel since <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/will-smith-had-a-2-million-behind-the-scenes-demand-for-men-in-black-3.html/”>2012’s<em> Men in Black 3</em></a>. There was an attempt to expand the series with<em> Men in Black: International</em>, but neither Smith or Sonnenfeld returned for the 2019 movie. As far as an official sequel reuniting the two, Sonnenfeld didn’t rule it out. But he took more of a wait and see approach.</p>
<p id=”par-14_25″>“When people ask about a sequel, I say, ‘Let’s finish this one first.’ We’ll see. It would have to be in outer space,” Sonnenfeld said.</p>