Will Smith‘s romantic comedy Hitch scored with theatergoers again in 2005, however “it was insanity” making an attempt to make the film, in keeping with the movie’s director, Andy Tennant (Ever After, Candy Residence Alabama). The filmmaker clashed with the A-list actor who employed him to helm the traditional rom-com, due to conflicting story concepts, and Smith even threatened to drop out of the undertaking three days earlier than filming started. However, Tennant claims to not “have something towards” Smith in a brand new interview printed on the time of Hitch’s twentieth anniversary. Tennant mentioned (by way of Enterprise Insider):
“He [Smith] employed me to make this film. It was not a straightforward job for anyone, however we went around the globe with the film. Even [during] the onerous instances he’d at all times say, ‘Wait till the junket. We’re gonna go around the globe with this.’ And we did, and it was nice. It was probably the most superb journey I had ever been on. And when it was over, my time with Will was over. That was it. And I’ve by no means heard from him since.”
The Hitch director additionally acknowledged {that a} sequel is now within the works, however he gained’t be part of it. Moreover, Tennant credited Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith, with serving to get the film made, even with the friction that existed between himself and the rom-com’s star. Tennant mentioned in the identical sit-down:
“We had our difficulties. The film I wished to make, and the film Will wished to make, neither a type of films is pretty much as good because the film we made collectively. It was a battle. Jada was a giant assist. She type of seconded a few of my instincts. There was a time throughout prep once I was pushing again on a number of loopy sh*t that was occurring.”
Andy Tennant Claims ‘Hitch’ Was “Fraught With Peril”
Hitch rightly ranks amongst Will Smith’s finest films, regardless that the critics weren’t significantly keen on the must-see 2005 romantic comedy, which solely registers 68% on the Tomatometer towards 186 opinions posted to Rotten Tomatoes. Nonetheless, followers completely loved Smith’s collaboration with director Andy Tennant, as evidenced by the film’s “A” CinemaScore. Sadly, what ended up on-screen was far more fulfilling than what transpired behind the scenes. Tennant mentioned in the identical interview:
“There was a draft that Will introduced in that I used to be not a fan of. I lastly advised the studio that I used to be extra afraid of Will making that model of the film than I used to be about them firing me. As a result of I knew they had been proper on the sting of firing me earlier than we even started taking pictures.
And to Will’s credit score, we didn’t go together with that draft. I don’t suppose I used to be ever in anybody’s favor […] There was a number of concern doing a giant, costly romantic comedy with Will. It was fraught with peril. Will tried to again out three days earlier than we began taking pictures. He wished to close down and work on it some extra. It was insanity.”
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Hitch celebrated its twentieth anniversary on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Will Smith and Andy Tennant’s 2005 collaboration is at the moment out there to stream on Peacock, and the must-see romantic comedy additionally stars Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Amber Valletta, and Adam Arkin. There’s even a bit function that includes Burn Discover’s Jeffrey Donovan as a somewhat shady dater, who throws an enormous monkey wrench into Alex Hitchen’s (Smith) as soon as infallible relationship system.
Hitch
- Launch Date
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March 5, 2005
- Runtime
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118minutes
