Jennifer Aniston and Drew Barrymore seem to be the sort of costars you’d need to work with many times — particularly should you’re Adam Sandler. The duo confirmed as much as help their costar and longtime good friend as he obtained the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on March 19. The star-studded ceremony — which passed off on the Kennedy Heart Live performance Corridor in Washington DC — was additionally attended by Idina Menzel, Chris Rock, Steve Buscemi, Ben Stiller, Pete Davidson, and Adam’s spouse, Jackie Sandler.
“As I take a look at this goofy award I am holding, I simply can’t assist however suppose this simply could be the weapon used to bludgeon me, by an offended intruder,” Sandler joked in his acceptance speech, per The Hollywood Reporter. He then went on to debate how a lot he loves making motion pictures with individuals he loves. “When somebody asks me: these dangerous critiques you get — how does that make you’re feeling? The explanation they do not damage me is as a result of [my friends and I are having so much fun making these movies],” he mentioned. “All the things we do collectively makes me really feel just like the critics do not know what they’re speaking about.”
Barrymore and Aniston have each starred in various motion pictures with Sandler over time. Barrymore has shared the display with the comedian in three movies — 1998’s “The Wedding ceremony Singer,” 2004’s “50 First Dates,” and 2014’s “Blended” — and the pair have additionally shared a candy offscreen friendship for greater than 20 years. “I simply noticed a allure and a expertise,” Barrymore told the Associated Press on the pink carpet on the March 19 ceremony, saying she was “magnetically” drawn to Sandler when she first met him. “A lot of what any romantic comedy or movie ought to have is that final genuine chemistry,” she continued. “Which isn’t as a result of you have to be collectively, however you need to love that individual that a lot. And that is how I felt about him.”
The emotions are clearly mutual. “It doesn’t matter what’s occurring, I am at all times pulling for Drew, and she or he’s the identical means, at any time when I am doing one thing. I do know she’s pulling for me,” Sandler advised Collider in 2014. And one other collaboration is definitely on each of their radars. “She’s a assure, at all times,” Sandler advised Hollywood Life in 2020 when requested if one other Sandler-Barrymore film was within the playing cards. “She’s a assure joyful time for me.” In December 2022, Barrymore additionally mentioned it was about time for the pair to collaborate once more. “I need to do one other film with Sandler,” she mentioned throughout an interview on the “Chicks in the Office” podcast. “We have executed it each 10 years, and it is about to be 10 years.”
In the meantime, Aniston and Sandler will subsequent seem on display collectively in “Homicide Thriller 2,” which premieres on Netflix on March 31; the pair costarred within the first “Homicide Thriller” in 2019. Additionally they performed lovers within the 2011 rom-com “Simply Go With It.” Based on Sandler, taking part in a pair with Aniston wasn’t that uncomfortable, no less than till his spouse acquired concerned. “After we kissed, the one awkward half is listening to my spouse on the aspect go, ‘More durable! More durable! Kiss her more durable! Deeper!'” he joked to the Related Press in 2019, to which Aniston replied, “That was awkward.” In 2020, Sandler celebrated their friendship, telling Us Weekly, “Jennifer and I are nice associates. She works nicely with out me. I am simply glad when she invitations me for the trip!”
Forward, take a look at some photographs of Barrymore, Sandler, Jackie, and Aniston on the occasion, which can air on CNN on March 26.
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