Kevin Smith random trivia

Did some rewrites for Coyote Ugly (2000). A character from one of his own movies, that he has referred to in another one of his movies is Alyssa Jones from Chasing Amy who is referred to in Clerks as a friend of Caitlin Bree, Dante Hicks' ex-girlfriend. Both Caitlin Bree and Dante Hicks are characters in the movie Clerks. After seeing Mallrats (1995), in which TS and Brodie exchange about Superman's reproductive habits, Jon Peters hired Kevin Smith to write the doomed project Superman Lives (2000). Warner executives, told Smith to cut a romantic scene between Superman and Lois on Mt. Rushmore. Kevin complained said, "This has the best dialogue in the script." Executives responded, "This is a toy movie. People don't care how good the dialogue is."