The actor gave back much of his salary to cover an extra three days of shooting for the film
O John Hamm (Jon Hamm) believed so much in the film “Confess, Fletch” who donated 60% of his fee to complete the filming. This was revealed by the director of the film, Greg Mottola, who, as he himself said, donated part of his fee to complete the film.
According to the director, the money Miramax production manager Bill Block was able to raise for the film only covered 27 days of shooting. When Mottola and Hamm sought additional funding to cover an additional three days filming they did not succeed.
“Everybody said, ‘I don’t know that this kind of comedy works in this day and age,'” Mottola said, adding that there was no interest in financing the film further.
“So basically what we did is John put 60% of his salary back into the budget,” the director continued. “I gave back some of my salary, not as much as John because he is richer than me and I have three children. And we bought three more days of shooting. We took it up to 30 days in Boston and one day in Rome. And we said, we’re crazy, we’re dumb. We’re going to make this movie. And then Miramax really supported us, creatively.”
“Confess, Fletch” is one crime comedy based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Gregory MacDonald. The character previously inspired two comedies starring Chevy Chase in the 1980s, “Fletch” and “Fletch Lives.” Hamm took on the role for the new film, which is based on MacDonald’s first Fletch-centric novel and finds the character becoming a suspect in several murders while investigating a missing art collection.
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