LOS ANGELES, Oct 3: Will Smith is recognized for many talents, and now, thanks to Men In Black director Barry Sonnenfeld, flatulence has been added to the list.

Sonnenfeld, who directed Smith in the 1997 action comedy, claims that the Oscar-winning actor once emitted a fart so powerful that the entire film set needed to be evacuated for three hours. DailyMail.com has contacted Smith's representatives for a comment regarding this incident.

According to Sonnenfeld, the event occurred while Smith and co-star Tommy Lee Jones were inside a transforming car that required them to be "hermetically sealed" in a pod. He recounted, "There are locks to prevent it from opening and falling. 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?"

Barry continued, "So we race the ladder over, Tommy reaches his leg out as the ladder is coming over, and races down the stairs. And what happened was, Will Smith is a farter." He added, "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," he emphasized.

Sonnenfeld made these comments during his appearance on the podcast Let’s Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa. Men in Black went on to become the third-highest-grossing film of 1997, earning $584 million worldwide.

Two sequels, Men in Black II (2002) and Men in Black 3 (2012), were also directed by Barry and featured Josh Brolin as a co-star.

In April, Will surprised Coachella attendees by joining Colombian singer J Balvin on stage, where they performed the 1997 song "Men In Black," which was released alongside the film. Smith got into character as James Darrell Edwards III (Agent J), donning a black suit and sunglasses, while some backup dancers matched his look, and others dressed as green aliens from the sci-fi movie.