Robin Williams' Christmas film re-worked as a tribute
The director behind ROBIN WILLIAMS' posthumous Christmas film reworked the movie to make it a fitting tribute to the late funnyman.
A Merry Friggin' Christmas was one of the final films Williams worked on before his suicide in August (14), and producers decided to make a number of changes to the movie before its release to honour the star's memory.
Director Tristram Shapeero tells the New York Daily News, "We talked to (the) production company and we said, 'We need to recut it, we need to restore it. We need to do some work to make it a fitting tribute to Robin'."
Williams' co-star Joel McHale adds of filming an emotional scene with the actor, who played a recovering alcoholic in the film, "It was pretty emotionally charged, and it was the first time I was ever asked to break down on camera, and we both were breaking down. We had to do it over and over again, and the emotion just burst out of Robin."
A Merry Friggin' Christmas is released in the U.S. this month (Nov14).