Adam Sandler Has the Most Logical Explanation Why Many of His Movies Have the Same Actors: “We just riff around, make jokes, try and make each other laugh”
Adam Sandler offers an explanation for most of his movies having the same few actors in the most ‘Adam Sandler-way’ possible.
The world has witnessed a lot of high-profile friendships among the A-listers in the past. However, there are not a lot of stars in the industry like Adam Sandler who just keeps on going back to the same actors over and over again just because they are his good friends, even if it ends up being a financial setback for all of them.
Adam Sandler | Source : You Don’t Mess with the ZohanAdam Sandler opens up about how he comes up with ideas for his movies
Adam Sandler is one of the most established actors in the industry. The American actor is best known for his comedy films and has also been nominated for various accolades throughout his career spanning over three decades.
Adam Sandler established his own production company, Happy Madison Productions, back in 1999, which has released almost all of the movies he has produced ever since. Other than releasing his own movies, Happy Madison Productions has also released multiple movies that were produced by his friends.
Adam Sandler has a reputation for using the same actors over and over again in multiple movies, as most of them are his closest friends. Once in an interview with the Independent, Sandler opened up about why most of his movies have the same actors and the star answered in the most ‘Adam Sandler way‘ possible. He said,
“Here’s how I think of my scripts, I sit in my room, and think up an idea. Then I call up all my friends and they say: ‘That’s awesome! You are the best.’
No, what really happens is that a group of us come up with an idea and work on it . We just riff around, make jokes, try and make each other laugh. Apart from with Grown Ups 2 of course. We just turned up without a script on the first day.”
Adam Sandler talks about how he comes up with ideas for movies | Source: Happy Gilmore
Adam Sandler also has somewhat of a charismatic personality, to say the least. The stars he has worked with once never usually say no if and when there’s a chance for them to work on another project together.
Adam Sandler talks about filming Grown Ups
Adam Sandler has kind of a different approach when it comes to making movies. Instead of the traditional approach to making movies, in the words of Sandler himself, he “stretches what goes on in real life.”
Once in an interview with the Independent, Adam Sandler talked about how Grown Ups fitted into this narrative of his and he had a ton of fun making the movie. He said,
“The first Grown Ups was about family and friendship. That is what I like talking about a lot…That was one of the best summers of my life. It was one of the best summers of all our lives, just hanging out with our families.”
Adam Sandler had a lot of fun filming Grown Ups | Source: Grown Ups
Considering his approach to making movies, it makes a lot of sense that Adam Sandler made a movie like Grown Ups as it revolves around five friends who meet after the death of their high school basketball coach after thirty years.
Despite his jolly nature, Adam Sandler is not a big fan of doing interviews as he has been let down by many journalists and critics in the past. After many disappointing encounters, the You Don’t Mess With The Zohan actor is now absolutely unphased whenever someone takes a dig at him or his works.
