Movie producer Will Packer stopped by the Bravo Clubhouse for Sunday night’s (March 23) episode of Watch What Happens Live, where he remembered working with the late and great Paul Walker.
According to Packer, the 2010 heist movie Takers “almost didn’t happen” because of Walker’s beef with the studio.
“Paul got into a huge fight with the studio on the first day of production because he didn’t like the look,” Packer revealed on WWHL. “We wanted the guys to all be in suits and ties and pocket squares. He wanted to be a hippie and wear ripped jeans and stuff.”
“He got in a big fight. I had to go in and apologize,” Packer continued. “I call this taking the thunder out, which is you go in and you own your part in a conflict.”
He explained, “I said, ‘Paul, it’s your first day on a Will Packer set. I apologize. However we got here doesn’t matter. Every day from now forward is gonna be better.’ He said, ‘You know what? I get it. He’s a bad cop, he’s the good cop. I’m gonna do your movie, Will.’”
The film also starred Idris Elba, Matt Dillon, Hayden Christensen, and Zoe Saldana.
During his chat with host Andy Cohen, Packer also recalled working with Beyoncé in Obsessed — and how he had to rework the script multiple times before she agreed to star in the movie.
“B taught me a lot about getting rejected because she told me no over and over again,” he said. “When I wanted her to be in that movie, she told me no but she was gracious enough to tell me why. So I kept going back and asking again and again and changing the movie in order to make it something that she could do.”
“I called it a fortuitous no,” he added. “And, ultimately, on the sixth time, Beyoncé said yes and that movie opened at No. 1.”
Watch What Happens Live airs Sunday through Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock.
