Adam Sandler threatened to quit Airheads if Brendan Fraser wasn't hired. 'I eventually went to his house at like 4 in the morning, woke him up, and I said, “Just know Adam Sandler ain’t going to be in ‘Airheads’ unless old Fraser is in it.”'
Star Adam Sandler breaks down his fight against director Michael Lehmann to get Brendan Fraser cast in 1994's Airheads. The film tells the story of one band's attempts to make it big by holding a radio station hostage after the DJ refuses to play them on air. In addition to Fraser and Sandler, the film stars Steve Buscemi, Chris Farley, Michael McKean, Judd Nelson, and Ernie Hudson. Airheads was met with mostly negative critical reviews but has since become something of a cult classic.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Although Fraser is now well known for his charming leading man roles in The Mummy franchise, Bedazzled, and Journey to the Center of the Earth, Sandler reveals in a recent "Actors on Actors" interview with Variety that it was a fight to get Fraser cast in Airheads. Lehmann was apparently not convinced of Fraser's range as an actor after seeing 1992's Encino Man, leading Sandler to threaten to leave the project if he wasn't cast.
Adam Sandler: Brendan, you were in a movie called “Airheads.” Remember when I discovered you? You were just a kid. I stole you from Pauly and said, “Get over here.”Sandler: I was like, this guy shouldn’t just be a caveman — he should be in a band.Sandler: The director, Michael Lehmann, was very against you. He was like, “I don’t get it. I don’t see the caveman being in the movie.” And I just said, “He can do other s--t, man.
While his role in Airheads, which was also a box office flop, likely didn't help Fraser's career at the time, in hindsight it speaks to the actor's clear comedic voice. In addition to becoming a leading man, most of Fraser's roles following AIrheads featured a specific brand of comedy that can be seen in his earlier works. Rick O'Connell in The Mummy, for example, has a certain goofiness to him that Chazz also has.
Playing Chazz in Airheads is unlikely to go down as one of Fraser's most iconic roles, but Sandler's story speaks to the actor's range and agreeable persona that obviously makes him a joy to work with.
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