Will Smith is desperate to make a second Bad Boys sequel, and begged director Michael Bay at the MTV Movie Awards to reunite him with Martin Lawrence for a third movie.

The actor tackled Bay backstage at the bash on Sunday, before he stepped up onstage to collect the Best Male Performance award for his movie I Am Legend.

He told Bay, "We need Bad Boys 3. I was just watching Bad Boys 2 with my son and I told him you can't open a movie better. That's the best movie opening ever!"

Bay teamed Smith and Lawrence for the first time in 1995 and then again in 2003.