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Adam Sandler explains what makes Brendan Fraser so special

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Updated 16:36 4 Dec 2022 GMTPublished 16:37 4 Dec 2022 GMT

Adam Sandler explains what makes Brendan Fraser so special

Adam Sandler has said why he thinks his friend Brendan Fraser is so special in a recent interview.

Callum Jones

Callum Jones

Grown Ups actor Adam Sandler had very kind words for his fellow actor Brendan Fraser, who is returning to the industry following a period of absence.

Sandler was being asked questions at a press conference about his Netflix basketball drama Hustle - which released on the streaming platform earlier this year.

In this press conference, Sandler was also asked about his friend and former co-star Brendan Fraser.

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The pair featured together in the 1994 comedy Airheads as members of a struggling US rock band.

Alongside Steve Buscemi, the trio have the genius idea to hijack a radio station to make sure their terrible music is heard. You can watch the trailer below:

Well, it seems like Sandler and Fraser still talk based on the lovely comments Sandler said about his fellow actor.

He said: "He's just so smart, such a deep guy, and he's such a loving sweetheart.

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"We've been talking a lot lately and I couldn't be happier for him.

"His performance, I saw [The Whale], is ridiculous. He's always been great, he's always been as deep as it gets. When we were doing Airheads, he was on a different trip than all of us.

"He really took [Airheads] serious, he took everything about the full growth of his character and his look and what each line meant. He was never messing around."

Adam Sandler and Brendan Fraser co-starred in the 1994 film Airheads.
Photo 12 / Alamy Stock Photo

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Sandler added: "The fact that he got to make The Whale, and a bunch of great movies over the years, but the fact that it's at such a great crescendo for him right now is not a shock.

"I wish him the best - I hope every dream comes true for him. He's a good person. I wish him nothing but the greatest."

Fraser is making his film comeback with The Whale where he plays a 600lb man who is trying to rekindle a relationship with his teenage daughter.

It comes after comments Fraser made in 2018 that he felt he was being 'blacklisted' from Hollywood after he opened up about alleged historic abuse.

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Brendan Fraser claims he was 'blacklisted' from Hollywood.
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The actor claimed he was a victim of sexual abuse by former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Phillip Berk.

In an interview with GQ, he said: "His left hand reaches around, grabs my ass cheek, and one of his fingers touches me in the taint. And he starts moving it around. I felt ill.

"I felt like a little kid. I felt like there was a ball in my throat. I thought I was going to cry... In my mind, at least, something had been taken away from me."

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Berk has always denied these claims, saying to GQ: "His [Fraser's] career declined through no fault of ours."

Featured Image Credit: Image Press Agency/AGENZIA SINTESI/Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: Film and TV, Adam Sandler

Callum Jones
Callum Jones

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