Chevy was producer on this film. He hired Carpenter making Chevy his boss on this picture. John Carpenter like Chevy has a very strong personality & opinion!! They disagreed on this film, in that Chevy wasn't comfortable completely playing it dramatic! Carpenter didn't want it with too much humour. Kurt Russell recommended Carpenter to Chase. It's no wonder you don't see Chevy or Carpenter at the forefront of movies these days. Difficult people who burnt bridges. Production wise, it was a bad idea to hire Carpenter! If Chase didn't want the final film as dramatic. Michael Ritchie would have been a better director on this picture for Chase. He did a perfect job blending drama/humour on Fletch.
@@ZeeHeche See, I heard the opposite. I heard that Chevy wanted to be more dramatic and that caused the friction, similar maybe to Murphy and Landis on BHC3.
2:57 Carpenter looks like he wants to blow his brains out. The way he rolls his eyes to Chase at 1:44 and Chase just walks away. They clearly did not get along.
