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Back in 1995, Adam Sandler starred in the iconic movieBilly Madison.Directed by Tamra Davis, the movie revolved around a 27-year-old slacker trying to prove himself worthy of his father’s fortune. As a test, Sandler’s character is forced to go back to school, to pass grades 1-12.
Regardless, Sandler had several iconic scenes in the movie that were deemed a bit too controversial for people. Wanting to bring realism to the role, the actor invited them to a real game of dodgeball. Suffice it to say, things did not go as expected!
When Adam Sandler Actually Hit The Kids With Dodgeball!
For the 1995 movie, Adam Sandler portrayed the role of Billy Madison but the movie received an average response. The actor’s 27-year-old character gets into a range of hilarious situations as he attempts to find his place.
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Although the movie was of the comedy genre, there was one scene whereAdam Sandlermay have taken it too far. While shooting a game of dodgeball, an event transpired that made several parents stand up against the comedian. When Sandler genuinely started hitting the kids with a dodgeball, several parents issued a complaint. Sandler, however, had an answer at the ready as he revealed to Conan O’Brien inConan.
“I hit some kid pretty hard, and he gets upset and he starts crying, and then parents all come up to me. That’s the scene. I’m a big guy, went back to school, I’m supposed to plug all of these kids. … Didn’t they read the script?
He further continued,
“I think I told the guys to roll anyways, and I nailed a bunch of kids, something awful like that. But those kids grew up and guess who they are today? I don’t know.”
On the other hand, Adam Sandler feels awkward when his movies get a negative reaction. Talking about how he regularly casts his friends, Sandler suggested that things tend to get uncomfortable when they end up receiving flak for movies that fail.
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Adam Sandler Feels Awkward When His Movies Fail
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Mostly starring alongside his friends in his comedy movies, Sandler has often been associated with nepotism. In a 2015 chat with Howard Stern (via theDaily Mail), Sandler admitted that it gets pretty awkward when his movies fail because he has to face his friends.
“The bad reviews that I get on everything I do, that part pisses me off because I ask my f***ing friends to be in it. I’m promising them, ‘I think it’s good.’ And then I do screenings for an audience and it all works, and I’ll call them up after and say, ‘Hey, that one thing you said really did great.'”
After hitting kids with a dodgeball and earning $26.4 million at the box office,Billy Madisonreceived a rating of 6.3/10 on IMDB and a meager rating of 40% on Rotten Tomatoes. The 1995 movie is available to stream on Hulu in the U.S.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
