Kevin Smith Shares Biggest Near-Death Regret

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Last February, director Kevin Smith suffered a “massive” coronary heart assault that just about killed him. He has since recovered, although, and never solely misplaced a ton of weight, however made one other film, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (try the primary trailer right here). Still, regardless of his success, Smith believed he was going to die within the hospital. “When I had the heart attack and I was on the table they were like, ‘You might die.’ I was actually okay with that,” he instructed Entertainment Weekly. He additionally shared his largest remorse when he thought he wasn’t going to make it.

“I was like, I’ve had a great life,” the filmmaker mentioned. “The solely remorse I had was, Man, I want I had gotten to make Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, as a result of now the final film I ever made was Yoga Hosers. F*ck!” Considering the efficiency of the Johnny Depp-starring, uh, “comedy” about Canadian Nazis and human sausages amongst critics (22 % on Rotten Tomatoes) and on the field workplace ($38,784), you’ll be able to perceive Smith’s response. “But I did get to make Jay and Silent Bob Reboot,” he continued, “and now I feel like, well, if this was it, if I never got to make another movie — or if the heart came back and was like, ‘Aha!’ and f*cking finally killed me — I’d be okay with this being the last movie.”

Smith known as a Reboot a “scrapbook” of a lot of his hottest motion pictures, together with Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Dogma. “I got to pull all my old toys out of the attic and play with them again,” he mentioned. “It feels like a nice closing statement to my career, if that is it. It’s almost going to be a shame if I wind up living, and keep making more movies, because I’ll fuck it up again.”

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot opens on October 15.