David Schwimmer revealed the reason why he turned down Will Smith‘s role in Men In Black back in 1997.
While on Cush Jumbo‘s Origins podcast, he was asked if he turned it down because of the Friends production schedule, he said, “That’s not why I turned it down.” Keep reading to find out more… He then explained, “[It] was a brutal decision.
I had just finished filming The Pallbearer, my first film with Gwyneth Paltrow, and there were high expectations of that which didn’t come true.
It was kind of a bomb but there were high expectations and the studio which was Miramax wanted to lock me into a three-picture deal at a fixed price and I said I would do that if I got to direct my first movie.
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