By Adam Sandler Big potato swept the competition 25 years ago.
It is pertinent to mention that Sony released the film by director Dennis Dugan on June 25, 1999.
In relation to that, Adam Sandler played Sony Kouflax in Big potatoHis character was a disengaged law student trying to prove himself by adopting Julian, a five-year-old boy played by the Sprouse brothers, when the boy shows up on his doorstep. The cast includes Jon Stewart, Joey Lauren Adams, Rob Schneider and Leslie Mann.
While we were having separate conversations with The Hollywood ReporterProducer Sid Ganis and screenwriter Steve Franks (credited on the script alongside Sandler and Tim Herlihy) explained how Disneyland He inspired the project. They also remember Chris Farley lobbying to get the lead role.
They began by admitting that they had spoken to the Sprouse twins and linked them to Sandler off-camera for his first feature film. They went on to explain that not everyone at the studio was immediately convinced of Sandler's star power at the time.
According to Ganis, Adam's manager, he invited them to a test screening of Wedding Singer and they were impressed. Considering the work Sandler did in Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore and Wedding Singerwhich were independent type films, they ended up realizing that Sandler is a nice, calm and sweet guy. They had a very easy and fluid process with him.
