FILM 2165: JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT (2019)

TRIVIA: When Jay & Silent Bob are talking to Ben Affleck and he (Affleck) introduces his daughter. The little girl is actually Jason Mewes' real-life daughter, Logan Lee Mewes.

Kevin Smith claimed that Stan Lee was originally meant to play a pivotal role in the film's third act. Unfortunately, Lee sadly passed away before any of his scenes could be filmed. After some rewrites, Smith revealed that the film would contain a "tribute" in Lee's memory.

This is the first collaboration between Kevin Smith and Ben Affleck since Clerks II (2006). They had a falling out which lasted almost a decade, with Smith confessing that he "has a big mouth and told too many candid stories that sometimes weren't his to tell". In early 2019, Affleck was interviewed for Triple Frontier (2019) where he indicated that he had not been contacted for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), but would be available. Smith subsequently reached out to Affleck, and stated that their reunion was "emotional" and "brought back a massive missing piece of my heart". He wrote Affleck's part (a reprise of his Holden McNeill role from Chasing Amy (1997)) into the movie one week before the end of production, with the scene shot on the very last day. Smith called the scene "one of the best bits of cinema I've ever been involved with: it's absolutely magical and life-affirming and all the things I really care about now, post-heart attack."

Jay and Silent Bob overhear someone give their credit card information and use it for funding part of their trip. The name of the character is Ted Underhill. In Fletch (1985), Fletch charges his stay and meals to a Ted Underhill's account. Director Kevin Smith was once set to direct the prequel 'Fletch Won', but the project was canceled because he couldn't get Jason Lee to play Fletch.

This is the second film that feature roles for two different actors who've played live action Batman in a movie: Ben Affleck and Val Kilmer. The other is Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998) featuring Michael Keaton and George Clooney.

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