Kevin Smith has come up with a touching way to pay tribute to the late Shannen Doherty in a sequel to Mallrats. The director, 54, said he wants to enlist Doherty’s close friend, Sarah Michelle Gellar,

The fillmaker reveals why his daughter Harley Quinn Smith declined to play him in the new coming-of-age film, and shares his hopes that Sarah Michelle Gellar could fill in for the late Doherty in a new 'Mallrats.

Smith said that Gellar was Shannen Doherty's "closest friend" and that the actress would "bring Shannen's warmth with her"

Kevin Smith thinks the world of his friend Ben Affleck and his soon-to-be ex-wife Jennifer Lopez — so much so that he told People he was “heartbroken” by news of their impending divorce. The writer and director called Affleck,

Director Kevin Smith is devastated that his collaborator and good friend Ben Affleck is single again after his marriage to Jennifer Lopez collapsed earlier this year

Kevin Smith joked to PEOPLE about Ben Affleck's response to his daughter Harley Quinn Smith turning down the female lead in his 'The 4:30 Movie,' out now