Confess, Fletch

Director Greg Mottola said he also gave back some of his salary, though not as much as the "Mad Men" star: "He's richer than me."

“Jon and I were like, I think there’s an audience for this,” Mottola told Uproxx. “And then we were told no, we don’t think so. Mottola told Uproxx he wanted to make a “comedy of manners — very talky, verbal comedy” as opposed to slapstick. “So, basically, what we did is Jon gave back 60 percent of his salary to the budget,” Mottola told Uproxx. They didn’t fight us on people we wanted to cast.” “I gave back some of my salary, not as much as Jon because he’s richer than me and I’ve got three kids.

Confess, Fletch director Greg Mottola revealed that star Jon Hamm gave up sixty percent of his salary for the film to complete shooting.

While Confess, Fletch may not be making huge waves at the box office, the film is a big critical success, currently holding a certified fresh rating of 85 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Mottola opened up about what happened when he set out to direct a film based on one of Gregory Mcdonald's mystery novels, saying that star Hamm pitched in to help complete shooting on the film when the budget wouldn't allow for the time needed to finish. Mottola directed the film from a script by himself and Zev Borow.

Jon Hamm is talked about how genuine a person he is, and recently, the actor gave up a huge chunk of his salary to finish a film he's in.

Hamm is a great teammate, and this reminds me how cool it is to watch a legend put skin in the game.” [Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jon-hamm-gave-up-salary-pay-confess-fletch-filming-1235381017/) reports that the film was in need of three extra filming days, and the studio, a now-Weinstein-less Miramax, would not budge on their original scheduled budget for the indie movie and would be refused by every financier they had approached. The comedy is based on another book in the series of novels written by Gregory McDonald and finds Fletch having to prove his innocence after he is suspected of murder while working on a case of stolen paintings.

The new sequel follows on from crime comedies Fletch (1985) and Fletch Lives (1989). It is based on Gregory Mcdonald's 1976 novel of the same name and is the ...

And we bought three more days of shooting.” They didn’t fight us on people we wanted to cast.” [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) “So, basically, what we did is Jon gave back 60 per cent of his salary to the budget. We’re going to make this movie. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. It is based on Gregory Mcdonald’s 1976 novel of the same name and is the first movie in the series not to star “They just had a kind of like, ‘Who’s Fletch? When Mottola and Hamm went out to find extra funding, they were turned down by every financier. “Everyone said, ‘I don’t know that this kind of comedy works in this day and age,’” Mottola said.

Jon Hamm sacrificed a huge 60% chunk of his wages for the comedy movie Confess, Fletch, in order to ensure that it could get completed.

He then went on to reveal that Hamm, and himself, both sacrificed portions of their salary in order to buy more days of shooting for the film, with Hamm losing up 60% of his agreed wage. Audiences may be surprised to hear that Hamm was willing to forego such a significant chunk of his wage. The movie is a follow-up to the [’80s movies](https://www.thedigitalfix.com/best-80s-movies) Fletch, and Fletch Lives which were both starred Chevy Chase. The movie, directed by Greg Mottola and starring Jon Hamm, Kyle MacLachlan, and Mad Men co-star John Slatterly, is an attempt to reignite the Fletch movie series after decades of dormancy. They just had a kind of like, ‘Who’s Fletch? [Uproxx](https://uproxx.com/movies/greg-mottola-confess-fletch-interview/), Greg Mottola, the [adventure movie](https://www.thedigitalfix.com/best-comedy-movies)‘s director, explained the financial struggles, saying “we looked for partners on the movie, and everyone passed.

Star Jon Hamm and director Greg Mottola kicked in their own money to buy a few more days of production on their talky comedy 'Confess, Fletch.'

“There wasn’t a great role for him,” the director said. Hamm, fresh off the success of “Top Gun: Maverick,” plays the title character, smartass investigative reporter Irwin M. And that’s how “Confess, Fletch” went into production, filming in 2021 with a budget of $20 million. We got it up to 30 days in Boston and one day in Rome.” But folks might not have noticed that the movie is already in theaters, as there has been little marketing support for its Sept. Mottola and Hamm, who thought the movie needed more time, decided to break open their piggy banks.

Confess, Fletch may not have been made if not for the dedication of star Jon Hamm, who donated a huge part of his fee to the production.

Whether or not we see that movie make it to the end of the line will probably depend greatly on That long hiatus meant that financing the movie proved a little tricky. [Fletch ](https://movieweb.com/fletch-1985-funny-movie/) [premiered back in 1985](https://movieweb.com/fletch-1985-funny-movie/) and was a hit with both critics and at the box office, and Chevy Chase reprised his role as the LA Times reporter who gets himself involved in some comedic murder mystery plot lines four years later, but with much less success. Everyone said, 'I don't know that this kind of comedy works in this day and age.' They just had a kind of like, 'Who's Fletch? I don't blame anything about the release of this movie on him. Based on the books by Gregory Mcdonald, the Fletch series is now coming back to the big screen with