That too came to naught whenHarvey Weinsteindecided Lee wasn’t a big enough star to carry the role.

“I knew of the books, I hadn’t read them.

I of course knew the movies.

Jon Hamm in ‘Confess, Fletch’

Jon Hamm in ‘Confess, Fletch’.Robert Clark/Miramax

I love detective stories, it’s one of my favorite genres.

And I knew that Fletch was Gregory MacDonald’s idea of a, at the time, modernized detective.

Mottola knew that many people before them had tried to get a thirdFletchmovie made.

Greg Mottola and Jon Hamm

‘Confess, Fletch’ director Greg Mottola and star Jon Hamm.Michael Kovac/Getty Images

“I was trying to think about what went wrong.”

So how did he and Hamm succeed in overcoming the curse ofFletch?

We’re going to break theFletchcurse!”