Harry Potter and 'Home Alone' Director Chris Columbus Argues That Doing This '90s Sci-Fi Movie With Robin Williams Was a "Mistake"

Most filmmakers will often point to moments in their career where they wish they'd taken a different path, and Chris Columbus is no different. That impulse spurred him to pursue producing, with projects that include Robert Eggers' Nosferatu. Columbus said that he and his daughter Eleanor founded their production company Maiden Voyage with one simple rule - give a filmmaker all the creative leeway they need. "Our philosophy is we never say 'no' to the director. I’m not kidding," Columbus said when discussing the origins of Maiden Voyage, citing a moment on the set of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone that led to this mindset. But it turns out that there's one film Columbus feels he should have said "no" to, and it's one he directed: Bicentennial Man.