'I just farted in his face': Josh Hutcherson reveals how he accidentally made a stink filming Polar Express with Tom Hanks

By Dailymail.com Reporter and Bang Showbiz

Published: 01:20 GMT, 25 November 2017 | Updated: 09:38 GMT, 25 November 2017

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Josh Hutcherson once farted in Tom Hanks' face.

The 25-year-old actor on Wednesday revealed he accidentally broke wind when he was nine-years-old and working with the two-time Oscar winner on their 2004 animated film, The Polar Express.

Recalling the incident on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Josh explained how it was 'the most embarrassing moment of [his] entire life' when he had the gassy slip.

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Let one slip: Josh Hutcherson, 25, (L) revealed on The Late Late Show with James Corden Wednesday that he accidentally farted on his Polar Express co-star Tom Hanks (R) when he was nine-years-old

'We're shooting this scene where [Hanks is] playing the hobo and he's on top of the train, skiing down, and I'm nestled in under him, and we're like, "Whoa, this is crazy" ... and it was like ... I farted.'

Josh revealed his award-winning co-star didn't find the incident to be especially amusing at the time, but looking back, the younger actor now considers the moment to be a 'rite of passage.'

He shared: 'I farted in the scene, it happened, I did it and instead of playing it cool, Tom Hanks is like, "Whoa, whoa, oh my God, this kid, what the heck! Oh my God!"

'My first big movie - Tom Hanks, [director] Robert Zemeckis - and I just farted in his face."

Nervous: The actor admitted he was anxious working alongside Hollywood stalwarts such as Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis on the holiday movie

Sense of humor: Hutcherson said that the mistake was essentially a 'rite of passage'

Hutcherson said he can look back on the incident with humor, but it was no laughing matter at the time.

'At that moment, I thought my face was gonna just start sweating blood,' said Hutcherson, who was seated next to fellow guest Krysten Ritter.

Earlier this year, meanwhile, Josh revealed that another of his co-stars, Selena Gomez, 'went all in' while filming their ensemble movie In Dubious Battle.

Flashback: In the 2004 film, Hutcherson provided the voice of the hero boy (L), while Hanks did a number of voices, including that of the hobo (R)

Reminiscence: Hutcherson said he can laugh about the incident now, despite his terror at the time

Josh claimed to E! he could hear the brunette beauty 'screaming' half a mile away while she was shooting a scene in which her character gives birth.

The Hollywood actor - who also made his directorial debut with the psychological drama Ape earlier this year - said, 'That was intense. She went for it.

'I wasn't in that scene, but I was on set and you could her screaming and going for it a f**king half-mile away. She really went all in.'