At first, Winkler jokingly put his hand to his ear saying: “What did you say?”

He then said: “I was directing that movie for 13 days, and then I was called into [former Walt Disney Studios chairman] Jeff Katzenberg‘s office and he said ‘Do you have everything with you? Go home.’ I got along great, great… with that dog. That dog… love that dog.”

In the end, Winker was replaced by Roger Spottiswoode, who was best known for directing  Shoot to Kill and writing 48 Hours.

It turns out that the Fonz star and Hanks had big disagreements on how to proceed with the movie, as recalled by their mutual friend director Ron Howard.