Pop Culture & the Arts on Instagram: "Helen Hunt in ‘As Good as it Gets’, 1997. Writer-director James L. Brooks (Jim) called this film a ‘journey of discovery’, constantly experimenting, reshooting and re-editing - and changing the ending at least five times. He wanted his leads - Helen Hunt, Jack Nicholson and Greg Kinnear - to find their character themselves. So much so, that he had an interesting surprise! As Helen recalled on the film’s 20th anniversary: “I was always in opposition to Jack;