Kevin Smith’s new book “Kevin Smith’s Secret Stash” includes the beloved indie director claiming that Harvey Weinstein pulled “Good Will Hunting” from theaters early in order to screw with Robin Williams’ back-end deal.
Smith was attached to “Good Will Hunting” as an executive producer.
Williams was the movie’s big star at the time and ended up winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Speaking to The Daily Beast, Smith said the Oscar-winning drama was “still earning” money at the time when Weinstein decided to pull it.“It was doing incredibly well, and the deal that they’d made with Robin was a high-percentage first-dollar gross — a movie-star deal — and it was great, because instantly by putting Robin in the movie their pre-sales paid for the whole fucking film,” Smith said.
“So, the movie was paid for and then the movie was making money hand over fist and made over $100 million.
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