An outstanding talent, Adam Sandler is indeed a funny man and a talent that comes front once a decade. The actor knows how to make some fan-favorite films and over the years, some of them have stood out. Sandler’s career took off by establishing slapstick humor that’s been popular since his works in renowned films like Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy, and the most popular of all Billy Madison.
Come to think of it, when we think of Adam Sandler’s films, we remember the dodgeball scene from Billy Madison, which was so unhinged that the viewers would have believed it was not real. However, the Big Daddy actor explained how everything was real and kids were getting thrashed for real in front of the cameras.
Adam Sandler Unfolds The Most Disturbing Scene in Billy Madison
Adam Sandler’s Billy Madison remains a timeless comedy classic that has been entertaining fans since 1995. The film is a comedic genius that features a hilarious premise and a bizarre comedic style. One of the most hilarious scenes from the film was the dodgeball game, where one might feel bad for laughing at children getting hit by a hard rubber ball, thrown by Billy Madison (Sandler).
However, the actor shares that everything that the audience saw on the silver screen was absolutely real and kids were getting hit quite hard. During a chat with Conan O’Brien on CONAN, he shared how the scene was absolutely real and he was not holding back and he might have made at least one of the kids cry.
He said,
“It was our first movie that… we had some control of,” he said. “There’s a dodgeball scene, and I’m hitting all these first graders really hard with a dodgeball… I hit some kid pretty hard, and he gets upset and he starts crying.”
He explained that it was all consensual and part of the script, but the parents of the children did not feel the same way, and that the six-year-olds can not read. He said,
“But, those kids grew up and guess who they are today? Uh… I don’t know.”
The children running around trying to save themselves from an adult trying to hit them with rubber balls was indeed funny and to think that all this was real makes the scene a comedy gold.
Adam Sandler Explains How He Comes Up With His Movie Ideas
There’s no denying that Adam Sandler is one of the most established actors in the entertainment industry. Since 1999, the actor has established his own production company, Happy Madison Productions, which has produced almost all of his films as well as his friend’s films. However, over the years, the actor had built a reputation for using the same old faces in different films.
During an exclusive interview with Independent, Sandler shared how most of the actors are his closest friends and how they just “make each other laugh.” 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.”
Nevertheless, the Grown Ups actor is totally unfazed if someone takes a dig at him or his works as he is one of the best comedic talents of this generation and as per Forbes the highest-paid actor of 2023.
Billy Madison can be rented on AppleTV.
