‘Hitch’ Director Recalls “Difficulties” Working With Will Smith & Why Actor Tried To “Back Out” 3 Days Before Filming Began
deadline.comHitch director Andy Tennant recalls the “difficulties” in filming Hitch and working with Will Smith. In a new interview, the filmmaker looked back at how it was shooting the 2005 romantic comedy that also starred Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Amber Valletta, Michael Rapaport, and Adam Arkin. “We had our difficulties.
The movie I wanted to make and the movie Will wanted to make neither one of those movies is as good as the movie we made together,” Tennant told Business Insider. “It was a battle. [Smith’s wife] Jada [Pinkett Smith] was a big help.
She kind of seconded some of my instincts. There was a time during prep when I was pushing back. A lot of crazy shit that was happening.” Tennant made Hitch after Sweet Home Alabama and detailed that some of the “crazy shit” happening started right from the get-go. “There was a draft that Will brought in that I was not a fan of.
I finally told the studio that I was more afraid of Will making that version of the movie than I was about them firing me,” the director said. “Because I knew they were right on the edge of firing me before we even began shooting.
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