Frank [Marshall] was a replacement, because our [The Bourne Identity] producer had a family emergency.
When the movie was testing at a 75 and was a year delayed in coming out, I’m sure the studio just wanted to release the thing.
Had it not been for Frank, we never would have had a franchise.
Frank laid out this surgical plan for what he wanted to do and got us $3 million for a reshoot, telling Stacey Snider, ‘I can’t say this is going to make you more money, but I guarantee you it will make the movie better.’