▁a ▁cultural ▁icon ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁ ▁Production ▁The ▁director , ▁Fred ▁Sch ep isi , ▁later ▁said ▁that , ▁while ▁he ▁liked ▁the ▁film , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁what ▁it ▁could ▁have ▁been : ▁ ▁The ▁problem ▁was ▁there ▁were ▁two ▁other ▁produ cers , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁studio ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁Tim ▁Rob b ins ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁all ▁contrib uting , ▁and ▁Tim ▁Rob b ins ▁was ▁being ▁difficult ▁because ▁he ▁said ▁in ▁the ▁' 9 0 s ▁nobody ▁would ▁like ▁a ▁character ▁who ▁has ▁a ▁woman ▁fall ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁him ▁because ▁of ▁a ▁lie . ▁That ' s ▁the ▁whole ▁prem ise ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁And ▁it ' s ▁all ▁right ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁know ▁that ▁and ▁believe ▁it , ▁but ▁he ▁should ▁spend ▁the ▁whole ▁time ▁trying ▁to ▁say , ▁" H ey , ▁I ' m ▁lying ▁to ▁you ," ▁and ▁be ▁constantly ▁fr ustr ated . ▁Because ▁of ▁that ▁attitude , ▁he ▁pulled ▁the ▁film ▁this ▁way , ▁he ▁pulled ▁it ▁that ▁way ▁while ▁we ▁were ▁writing ▁and ▁it ▁just ▁felt ▁mess y . ▁And ▁nobody ▁ever ▁understood ▁the ▁value ▁of ▁those ▁four ▁scient ists , ▁and ▁I ▁like ▁the ▁cast ▁that ▁I ▁had , ▁but ▁the ▁other ▁three ▁scient ists ▁apart ▁from ▁Walter ▁Matth au ▁were ▁originally ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁Peter ▁U st in ov , ▁Barry ▁Hum ph ries ▁and ▁John ▁Cle ese . ▁I ▁wanted ▁them ▁all ▁the ▁way ▁through , ▁but ▁nobody ▁understood ▁how