Will Smith becoming a rom-com legend didn’t go off without a hitch. The actor, 56, starred opposite Eva Mendes in 2005’s “Hitch,” and now the film’s director Andy Tennant revealed it wasn’t smooth sailing working alongside the onscreen lead.

Hitch 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,

Andy Tennant, the director of the rom-com movie Hitch, claims that Will Smith tried to back out just three days before shooting on the film was due to start. The film, which went on to earn over $371 million worldwide,

Tennant also claimed that just three days before filming was set to begin, Smith wanted to delay production. "He wanted to work on it some more," the director alleged, explaining

So much so that Smith wanted out just a few days before filming began. “Will tried to back out three days before we started shooting. He wanted to shut down and work on it some more,” Tennant said. “We had our difficulties,