Drew Barrymore’s surprised reaction upon hearingAdam Sandler’s “Grow Old with You” in 1998’sThe Wedding Singerwasn’t all acting!
“Iwasn’t allowed to sing ‘Grow Old With You’to Drew before we sang at the actual [taping],” said Sandler, to which Barrymore agreed, “Not once.”
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Drew Barrymore, Billy Idol and Adam Sandler inThe Wedding Singer(1998).Everett
But with the help ofBilly Idol(playing himself), Robbie emerges from first class to coach to sing “Grow Old with You” to Julia, effectively winning her heart with his surprise appearance.
“That’s my reaction on film, for the first time. I did that with ‘Forgetful Lucy’ too,” Barrymore said Tuesday, shouting out the pair’s similarly musical moment in50 First Dates.
“She came in, we jammed on a movie idea, we got together, we shot it, we had the best time ever,” he added, referring toThe Wedding Singer.
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Back in March 2019, Barrymore revealed that of all the people she has co-starred in films and television shows with, there’s one that stands out — and whom she never wants her time with to end.
“Adam Sandler, obviously, just because I want to make movies with him forever,” she told PEOPLE exclusively at the season 3 premiere of herNetflixshowSanta Clarita Diet.
So is it time for the acting dream team to reunite again? According to Barrymore, they definitely have “more to go!”
“We just talked on the phone the other day,” she explained at the time of her friendship with Sandler. “We talk on the phone often, and we were like, it feels like something, I don’t know.”
“We always get like a time and an instinct thing,” Barrymore added. “We’ve done it three times now,so we know we have more to go.”
source: people.com
