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‘Hitch’ Director Says Will Smith ‘Tried to Back Out Three Days Before Shooting’ and ‘Is Developing a Sequel Without Me’: ‘I Never Heard From Him’ After 2005
'Hitch' director Andy Tennant says Will Smith wanted to back out of filming and is developing a sequel without him.
“ Hitch ” director Andy Tennant marked the 20th anniversary of the romantic-comedy with a new Business Insider interview in which he opened up about clashing with star Will Smith. “Hitch” starred Smith as a professional date doctor who helps teach men how to impress women, but he’s shocked to discover that his usual tricks and advice don’t work on a columnist (Eva Mendes) he falls hard for. Tennant told Business Insider that he sparred with Smith during the development of “Hitch” over “crazy story ideas,” adding: “There was a draft that Will brought in that I was not a fan of.
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