(Note Language) Director Greg Mottola reveals that Jon Hamm wanted to make Fletch happen so badly, he opened up his wallet.
Mottola told the website Uproxx that the Mad Man Emmy winner dumped 60% of his salary from their new movie, Confess, Fletch, to secure financing for three extra days of filming for the new comedy.
The Superbad director noted the modestly budgeted movie is currently suffering from “zero marketing” in spite of a respectable 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The marketing budget was not the only place the movie’s producer, Miramax, came up short, Mottola says: They wouldn’t budge on a 27-day shoot.
They tried looking for a producing partner, Mottola said, but, “Everyone said, ‘I don’t know that this kind of comedy works in this day and age.’ They just had a kind of like, ‘Who’s Fletch? I don’t think anyone cares anymore [attitude].'”
“So, basically, what we did is Jon gave back 60% of his salary to the budget. I gave back some of my salary, not as much as Jon because he’s richer than me and I’ve got three kids,” the director joked.
“And we bought three more days of shooting … 30 days in Boston and one day in Rome. And we said, ‘F*** it, we’re insane, we’re dumb. We’re going to make this movie,'” Mottola said.
He added, “So, we finished it and Bill shopped it around to a lot of different people, studios and streamers … and nobody wanted it.” The director called that “depressing.”
Confess, Fletch, based on Gregory Mcdonald‘s 1976 novel of the same name, is in theaters and is available on demand.
Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
Related Posts
Teddy Swims releases four surprise tracks on ‘I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1.5)’
April 26, 2024
Warner RecordsFour surprise bonus tracks from Teddy Swims’ new album, I’ve Tried Everything But…
Reality Roundup: Lisa Vanderpump claps back, ‘Little People, Big World’ couple exits and more
April 26, 2024
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here's a look at what happened in the world of reality…
“Smiles” for miles: Jeremy Renner posts video after a run
April 26, 2024
Disney+Less than a year and a half after being nearly crushed to death by a 7-ton snowplow, Jeremy…
Fantasia Barrino would love to replace Katy Perry as ‘American Idol’ judge
April 26, 2024
Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty ImagesFantasia Barrino says she’d love to replace Katy Perry as a judge…
Zendaya teases releasing music again “one day”
April 26, 2024
Chris Haston/Warner Bros.Is Zendaya eying a return to music?During her appearance on The Jennifer…
Will Taylor Swift add ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ to The Eras Tour?
April 26, 2024
Javier Vicencio / Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesThe last time Taylor Swift…
‘That Was Us’: Sterling K. Brown, Mandy Moore and Chris Sullivan announce ‘This Is Us’ podcast
April 26, 2024
L-R: Brown, Sullivan -- Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagicEmmy winner and Oscar nominee Sterling K. Brown took…
Weekend Watchlist: What’s new on streaming
April 26, 2024
Ready, set, binge! Here's a look at some of the new movies and TV shows streaming this…