However,there was allegedly a lot of tension on set.
However, things, reportedly, werent much better when filming resumed.
BeforeSurviving Christmas, Affleck made the then-unreleasedGigli, a film that would go on toface its own shortcomings.
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While the reports remain unconfirmed, it only added to the negative publicity for the picture.
The movie faced even more trouble once the cameras had stopped rolling.
When do the annual reindeer games begin?
To avoid the threat of legal action,Surviving Christmaswas moved upto an October 22, 2004.
But it’s filled with plenty of charmfor audiences to discover 20 years afterits initial failure.