Celebrities, they're just like us! Sure, they have wealth and fame, but at the end of the day, they're regular people, with regular bodily functions. And as much as we might not want to think about our favorite actors having to fart from time to time, it happens. Breaking wind in a public setting might be an embarrassing situation for anyone, but imagine doing it in front of dozens of people, on set, and sometimes on camera. Which celeb farts have made it to the final cut? Here are just a few of our favorite celebs that farted on set.
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00:00Famous actors don't fart, do they?
00:04They do, in fact.
00:05Want to know who passed the gas?
00:07Did it make it to the big screen?
00:09Keep watching to find out the unfortunate details.
00:12Judd Apatow's films are renowned for their moments of impromptu unscripted comedy.
00:17And for This Is 40, national treasure Paul Rudd utilized his tushy-tickling talents for
00:21an improvised scene which made the movie.
00:23For the moment in question, Rudd's character Pete is having a conversation with his wife
00:27played by Leslie Mann, about whether their marriage lacks passion.
00:31Naturally, this is the perfect moment for Pete to serve up a set of casual rectum rumblers,
00:35all of which were apparently 100 percent real.
00:38Rudd told Female First,
00:39"...I just felt it coming and went with it."
00:41Don't do that!
00:43What am I doing?
00:44Don't fart in the bed!"
00:46He explained that on top of the fart being a cheap comedic tool, it was also the right
00:49choice for his character at that moment, adding,
00:51"...that kind of intimacy is what marriage is about.
00:54You wouldn't fart in front of someone you're dating, but you'd certainly fart in front
00:57of your wife."
00:58It may have been right for the character in the scene, but was it right to do in front
01:01of his clearly horrified co-star?
01:03Certainly, Rudd was able to jokingly acknowledge that anybody with any decency would never
01:08fart in front of someone else in such a manner, to Jewish Journal, and particularly not when
01:11you're shooting a scene in a movie.
01:13Still, he must be proud.
01:15In an interview with Shortlist, Rudd suggested that being able to blow an immaculately timed
01:19backdoor salute on cue was, quote, an ultimate life aim.
01:22Achievement unlocked, pal!
01:24Paul Rudd's spontaneous stinker was good, but it doesn't hold a candle to Benicio Del
01:28Toro's impressive farting feats on the set of The Usual Suspects.
01:31In one of its most iconic scenes, the film's criminals find themselves uncontrollably cracking
01:35up with laughter during a police lineup.
01:37Apparently, they weren't acting.
01:39On the DVD commentary for the film, actor Kevin Pollak confirmed that the laughter was
01:43real, and that guests had galvanized their giggles, saying,
01:46"...Del Toro farted like 12 takes in a row."
01:49As reported by CinemaBlend, the intention for the original scene was for it to be played
01:53straight.
01:54Editor John Ottman left the moment in because it worked so well.
01:57The farts may be inaudible in the final cut, but the camaraderie it caused among the actors
02:01arguably made the scene one of the best of its kind.
02:04On Twitter, screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie even credited Del Toro's criminal colon claps
02:08as having solved a major script issue for him.
02:10The film needed a scene of the suspects bonding, something which he believed, quote, "...stops
02:15the story cold."
02:16Instead, Del Toro's trouser rumbles naturally bonded the characters, because farts are the
02:20funniest thing in the world when someone, like director Bryan Singer, is telling you
02:23to be serious.
02:24McQuarrie wrote in the since-deleted tweet,
02:26"...since then I've held to the belief that sometimes you're good and sometimes someone
02:30farts."
02:32In 2021, Spider-Man No Way Home served up a plethora of fun Spidey surprises to the
02:36joy of comic book fans everywhere.
02:38Zendaya, unfortunately, experienced a Spidey surprise of a different nature.
02:42Her co-star and real-life beau, Tom Holland, apparently farted on her during a scene where
02:46the two did some web-slinging together.
02:48The less-than-heroic admission came courtesy of the British actor, who freely and some
02:52might even say proudly, shared the anecdote on SiriusXM.
02:55While explaining the less-than-glamorous realities of filming the scenes where Peter Parker swings
02:59with MJ, Holland admitted that he once let out a friendly neighborhood spider fart on
03:03his co-star.
03:04He shared,
03:05"...yeah, I farted on Zendaya, unfortunately.
03:08It's tough.
03:09The suit's tight.
03:10The harness squeezes it out."
03:11Clearly, the two have a great relationship, because Zendaya was pleasantly calm about
03:14the experience.
03:15She did explain, however, that it was obvious that he farted because she, quote, "...felt
03:19the rattle on her thigh."
03:20But then, Zendaya seems to have a penchant for such humor.
03:23As a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the star confessed that she and her Doom co-star,
03:27Timothy Chalamet, would break the ice on set with some good old-fashioned fart jokes.
03:31Fear might be a mind-killer, but farts?
03:34Apparently they're good for the noggin.
03:36Within the nightmarish confines of Robert Ecker's period semen dark comedy, The Lighthouse,
03:41one repetitive noise sours the isolating space.
03:43That is, the roaring rips of Willem Dafoe's character's back end.
03:47Naturally, the actor is a legit thespian, and so he conjured his body's own personal
03:51foghorn to deliver authentic blasts of gas when necessary.
03:54"...I'm sick of your smell, I'm sick of it, I'm sick of it."
03:57During an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Dafoe suggested his vegetarian diet
04:01helped with his delivery.
04:02However, he was humble in taking too much credit for the brown haze of the final noises,
04:06suggesting,
04:07"...for the most part, they were added in post-production."
04:09Speaking to Den of Geek, he further suggested that half of the farts heard on screen were
04:13actually his.
04:14But is that the complete truth?
04:16Describing the film's fart noises as bespoke flatulence, the movie's supervising sound
04:20editor, Damien Volpe, called the characters' anal barks the mystery of The Lighthouse.
04:24He then appeared to dispute Dafoe's claims that they weren't his actual farts.
04:28Instead, he told Vulture,
04:29"...I think I'm the only one who knows where the flatulence comes from."
04:32Whether the film's final farts were those executed by Dafoe is perhaps beside the point.
04:37What's clear from the actor's own anecdotes is that he was most definitely letting rip
04:40on set, whether they kept the final cut of him cutting one or not.
04:47Sadly, not every celebrity that farts on set is worthy of an Academy Award, but they still
04:54make for a great anecdote regardless.
04:56During filming of The Da Vinci Code, co-stars Paul Bettany and Tom Hanks came away with
05:00a great one after a fight scene ended with the unholy sound of a rectal relic.
05:04The incident took place while the two were filming a scene where Bettany had to punch
05:07Hanks in the stomach.
05:09Relaying the story on The Late Late Show, the British star stated that it was very quiet
05:12on set for the stunts and everyone was worried somebody would get hurt.
05:16Apparently, nobody was concerned about what actually happened when America's Most Wholesome
05:20Star farted really, really, really loudly.
05:23As Bettany mused to James Corden, he was unsure how to respond and said,
05:26"...what do you do when the biggest movie star in the world farts?"
05:30As Hanks fondly recalled with great humor on The Graham Norton Show, one appropriate
05:33response might have just been laughter.
05:35He stated proudly,
05:36"...when I hit the floor, I farted."
05:38He added that it's why nobody really asked him to do such scenes in films.
05:41"...now when it comes down to fight scenes, I get cast as the pie eater."
05:45Regrettably, the fart wasn't kept in the movie.
05:48She's quite rightly celebrated as being one of the most beautiful actors in the world,
05:52but back in 2005, Ava Mendes was also apparently renowned for her farts.
05:57The Training Day star, and partner of Ryan Gosling, made her talents be known during
06:01the filming of a short-lived MTV reality show called Trippin.
06:04Cynically described by Pop Matters as being a showcase of, quote, "...Celebuton ecotourism,"
06:09the series was hosted by Cameron Diaz.
06:11Apparently, Mendes wasn't too concerned about emitting what could have been an environmental
06:14disaster's worth of methane when she and Diaz went to war over their gas emissions.
06:19Speaking to Boston.com, Mendes confirmed that while they shared a hotel room and side-by-side
06:23beds, they became competitive over their respective, quote, "...disgusting bodily functions."
06:27She told the outlet,
06:28"...Cameron is a big old belcher, but I can't belch.
06:31One night, I had a heavy dinner, so I combated her belching was something I could do.
06:35It was an Ava Cameron fart belch-off."
06:37The competition was even caught on camera during an episode of the show.
06:40In one scene in particular, Diaz complains to the camera that she can't sleep before
06:44an audible fart can be heard, followed by Mendes' laughter.
06:47Diaz then laughs and says,
06:48"...We can't sleep cause Ava won't stop farting."
06:50Meanwhile, her roommate denies the accusations, calling them, quote, "...such a lie."
06:55Long before Chris Pratt became the internet's least favorite Chris, and he started voicing
06:59every cherished cartoon character of her childhood, there was Andy Dwyer, the actor's beloved
07:03bumbling everyman from Parks and Recreation.
07:06Behind the scenes, Pratt was renowned for being one of the silliest members of the entire
07:09cast.
07:10During the show's run, its blooper reels were consistently stacked full of hilarious outtakes
07:14featuring the actor cracking everyone up on set with his improvisations and behavior.
07:18This included his legendarily awful farts.
07:21In one blooper, for instance, Pratt joined forces with co-star Nick Offerman to perform
07:24what a disgusted Aziz Ansari called,
07:26"...a one-two punch combo of a fart so loud and audible, it ruined a take."
07:30In another, the actor produced such a horrifying noise with such sustained duration and power
07:35that he joked he'd crapped his pants on camera.
07:37Believable.
07:38In 2019, the cast reunited for a PaleyFest presentation celebrating the show, where Aubrey
07:43Plaza didn't hesitate in pointing the finger at the worst on-set farters.
07:47When asked by Offerman which cast member made her favorite noises with his or her body,
07:51the actor pointed her finger sharply at the culprits.
07:54She said,
07:55"...Nick and Pratt used to fart all the time, and it would make Amy Poehler and I really
07:58angry, so I don't appreciate that question."
08:01"...Ugh.
08:02Okay."
08:04Somebody should've complained to the environmental department of the Pawnee Town officials.
08:09From one confined space gaseous hellscape to another, with the delightful story of Will's
08:13apparently horrific honkers on the set of Men in Black.
08:16During an oral history of the film's sugar water scene with Vulture, director Barry Sonnenfeld
08:20recalled that Will had some, quote, "...really nasty farts."
08:22Apparently, one in particular brought the set to a standstill.
08:26As described by the director, Smith and co-star Tommy Lee Jones were in a rig on a green-screen
08:30stage, filming the Midtown Tunnel sequence, wherein their car goes upside down and drives
08:34on the ceiling.
08:35The crew managed to get the rig upside down after about 10 minutes of work and were ready
08:39to shoot when Smith began to apologize and ask that they be immediately removed.
08:43Sonnenfeld explained that Smith had farted so bad in this enclosed space, but that somehow
08:47his co-star played it cool, and was affable about the incident despite the stench.
08:51He added,
08:52"...But man, as soon as we opened it up, Tommy was out of there."
08:55Smith's gastrointestinal issues are renowned within his own family.
08:58During an episode of Red Table Talk, the actor made the worrying revelation that he can go
09:02three days without a bowel movement, prompting some concern from his son, Jaden Smith, who
09:06commented,
09:07"...That is not good.
09:08That's why your farts smell like that.
09:10Yikes.
09:11Where's that memory wiper when you need it?"
09:13For many, Channing Tatum is represented by one core image, the actor using his gyrating
09:17body to spank an entire woodwork studio while grinding to Ginuwine's Pony in Magic Mike.
09:22It's a masterful scene.
09:23Please, give yourself a moment to drench in its memory.
09:26It's also with great apology that we have to dash this image for another.
09:30During the filming of 21 Jump Street, Tatum was apparently a chronic farter on set and
09:34terrorized his co-stars with them.
09:36The putrid accusation came courtesy of Jake Johnson, who was asked by People what one
09:39of his favorite memories was while filming the 2012 movie.
09:42For whatever reason, he suggested that being the subject of Tatum's chronic gastric attacks
09:47was apparently it for him, and proceeded to divulge how his co-star welcomed him on set.
09:51Johnson explained,
09:52While there appears to be no other evidence around that Tatum's bottom is anything less
10:03than delightful, during promotion of 22 Jump Street, one particular video appeared to suggest
10:08Hill complaining of Tatum's bodily functions.
10:10At the beginning of a chat with Pate, the actor joked,
10:13I love when they just turn the fan off and leave us in a hot, small, fart-smelling room.
10:17Not to point fingers, but Tatum looked awfully amused.