Just saw Kevin Smith live and he talked about this movie. Bruce is very hard to work with and only does stuff his way. He does not follow direction at all. Everyone else was fine under Smiths direction. WB came to him first and wanted to to do this but it was a titled Couple of Dicks and was ment for Ferell and Walberg. This needed a R rating and not PG 13 and it had a small budget. The films budget could not afford top dollar for Will and Mark so they ended up with a different studio with the payout they wanted with Couple of Dicks ending up to be The Other Guys PG-13. Cop out came up after out of nowhere. He doesnt want to work with Bruce ever again.
Kevin has stated multiple times that he cannot act and direct worth shit but he give stuff a chance because important people want him too. He tried to do things his way and didnt work out well. He didnt even know the different lenses that the cameras use because he'd let the pros do it. But Bruce ripped on him for this and everything while on set. Hes now changed his directing habbits. He'd listen to other peoples ideas on set to see if they are any good and try them. His new movies will be like this.