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The original\u00a0Naked Gun<\/em>\u00a0director says the 2025 film “totally missed” the mark<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Speaking to Woman’s World<\/em>, David Zucker said the spoof style originated by he and his partners “looks easy, evidently”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n “People started copying it, like Seth MacFarlane for the new\u00a0Naked Gun,”<\/em> Zucker added<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n The original\u00a0Naked Gun<\/em><\/a>\u00a0director says that the producer of the 2025 film \u2014 Seth MacFarlane<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 “totally missed” the mark.<\/p>\n Speaking to Woman’s World<\/em><\/a>, David Zucker \u2014 who directed the original\u00a0Naked Gun<\/em>\u00a0(1988) film starring\u00a0Leslie Nielsen<\/a> \u2014 said of the new film, starring Liam Neeson: \u201cMy brother, Jerry, and our partner, Jim Abrahams, started doing spoof comedies 50 years ago, and we originated our own style\u2014and we did that so well that it looks easy, evidently.”<\/p>\n “People started copying it, like Seth MacFarlane for the new\u00a0Naked Gun,”<\/em> Zucker added. “He totally missed it.\u201d<\/p>\n The filmmaker added that, \u201cthere\u2019s a certain method to the madness,\u201d saying, \u201cWe had our 15 rules, and I\u2019m teaching them in the hopes that if anybody tries to do a movie like this again, they\u2019ll do it right.\u201d<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n