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Freddie Prince Jr. will not be reuniting with Thriller Inc anytime quickly.
After touchdown the live-action position of Fred Jones, the actor, 47, mentioned a follow-up to his two earlier Scooby-Doo films “I would not” after unhealthy experiences on set. “I am not , it was awkward,” he advised TooFab.
“It would not be for me, man. There was an excessive amount of bait and swap on the primary one. The studio wasn’t honest to me in any manner, in any form or type. They weren’t simple,” mentioned Prinze, including: “I’ve had two jobs that I regretted, and Scooby was one in all them.”
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He defined that he “did not absolutely respect the movie” till he noticed the influence it had on younger followers on the time Scooby-Doo premiered in 2002, adopted by its 2004 sequel Monsters launched.
“Then rapidly I assumed, ‘Hey man, we did a superb job. There are tens of millions of people that actually love this film. It isn’t the film I needed to make, however I respect that,'” Prinze continued. “And it made me change my perspective on it.
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James Gunn, who directed the primary two live-action diversifications, responded to a fan on Twitter final 12 months who steered he end the trilogy with the gang reuniting for Scooby’s funeral. “Like it The great cold with Scooby Doo? OK. I am in,” he wrote in Could 2022.
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Prinze recalled one other “troublesome job” in the identical interview and recalled it I do know what you probably did final summer season director Jim Gillespie “needed one other actor” to play his a part of Ray Bronson.
“He was very direct in regards to the reality, ‘I do not need you on this film.’ So when that is your first job and also you hear these phrases, it simply kills you, man. It simply kills you,” Prinze mentioned, including, “I needed to battle that man two or three totally different instances.”
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The Wrestling with Freddie podcast host mentioned he was “not mad” he did the film, which “launched my entire profession” and launched him to his costar and future spouse Sarah Michelle Gellar – who additionally starred reverse him as Daphne Blake within the Scooby-Doo franchise.
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“I would not have any of the issues I’ve with out that film, I would not have my spouse, I would not have all the opposite films I’ve finished, I would not have this podcast,” Prinze mentioned. “I am right here due to that wrestle and due to that ache and it was these issues.”
