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'Hitch' director says the movie's iconic brownstone scene was written on the fly — and shot on a celebrity's stoop

The most memorable scene in "Hitch" was created on the day it was shot. "Hitch" director Andy Tennant came up with the scene to accommodate an idea from star Will Smith. The scene was shot on Sarah ...
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The Story Behind The Hitch Scene Will Smith Had To Be ‘Begged’ To Film: ‘I’m Trying To Save The Sequence’

My writing partner Rick Parks and I wrote the Ellis Island scene because friends of mine who live in New York had never been out to Ellis Island. So we did the date at Ellis Island, the Jet Ski, the ...
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Will Smith initially refused to do the memorable Ellis Island scene in 'Hitch,' the director says

Twenty years after its 2005 debut, "Hitch" has become a beloved romantic comedy thanks to the chemistry between Will Smith and Eva Mendes, as well as Kevin James' physical comedy. But director Andy ...