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Two actors fell out while filming the 1989 film, 'Turner & Hooch,' from which Winkler was fired
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Tom Hanks and Henry Winkler's decades-long feud remains unresolved, according to the Happy Days star.
The two actors fell out when Winkler was recruited to direct the 1989 Hanks film Turner & Hooch , about a police officer partnered with a dog. Due to "creative differences," Winkler was fired from the set after 13 days and replaced by Roger Spottiswoode.
"I got along better with Hooch [the dog] than I did with Turner [Hanks]," Winkler said in 1993.
On the latest episode of In Depth With Graham Bensinger , Winkler was asked about the inception of their falling out.
"I guess at that time, being insecure, I talked too much," he said, explaining that he had notes for Hanks and Mare Winningham's performances. "And I gave them direction - what I thought was my job - and I wanted to do it over again. And apparently, that pissed them off."
Winkler's time as director came to an abrupt end less than two weeks into filming. He recalled being summoned to studio executive Jeff Katzenberg's office before returning to the set to collect his belongings. "I get my things, I drive home, I'm fired as a director," he said.
Asked about the "genesis of any negative feelings" between the two of them, Winkler responded, "I don't know," before noting that Hanks was a guest star on Happy Days before he was a movie star.
Hanks guest-starred on Happy Days in 1982, playing Fonzie's (Winkler's) former classmate.
Winkler then revealed that Hanks later turned down an appearance in a televised tribute to the sitcom.
"We did a retrospective on Happy Days , and we wanted 60 seconds of Tom Hanks in his episode, and we did not get permission for that," he said.
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