Will Smith has a list of memorable performances, whether it’s fighting aliens in the Men in Black films, his Oscar-winning role as Venus and Serena Williams’ dad in the cast of King Richard, or a down-on-his-luck salesman in The Pursuit of Happyness.

Hitch director Andy Tennant recalls the “difficulties” in filming Hitch and working with Will Smith. In a new interview, the filmmaker looked back at how it was shooting the 2005 romantic comedy that also starred Eva Mendes,

Will Smith becoming a rom-com legend didn’t go off without a hitch. The actor, 56, starred opposite Eva Mendes in 2005’s “Hitch,” and now the film’s director Andy Tennant revealed it wasn’t smooth sailing working alongside the onscreen lead.