Director and Writer Kevin Smith in an interview with Variety spoke about cooperation with Harvey Weinstein. According to him, he also found himself in the list of victims of the Action of the Opel Producer. In 1994, Weinstein acquired the rights to display in the US "Clerks" for 227 thousand dollars. If the picture success is successful, the percentage of profit relied. The film gathered $ 3.2 million in American cinemas. Which Weinstein was in a hurry to share with the author.
Seven years passed before we got at least something. All these years they told us: "No, the film has not yet paid off." My lawyer John Slovs stated: "This is nonsense. You need to conduct an audit. " And I answered: "No, I can't not trust people with whom I work. That's rough". As a result, we dragged with checking to "Clerks 2". And if I better understood in business, I would get much more money,
- told the director.
To the question of journalists, why Smith continued to work with Weinstein, the director replied that in the course of the work he received significant advances to creating his films. Including paintings "Jay and Silent Bob are causing a retaliatory blow" and "Jersey girl."
At the moment, the ex-head of the TWC Studio Harvey Weinstein is serving a prison sentence for sexual harassment.