NEWSWEEK: Adam Sandler on His Upcoming Movie With Kevin James: 'To Ease the Tension, Before the First Day of Shooting, We Had Sex With Each Other,' He Jokes

NEWSWEEK: Adam Sandler on His Upcoming Movie With Kevin James: 'To Ease the Tension, Before the First Day of Shooting, We Had Sex With Each Other,' He Jokes

In Summer Movie Preview, Stars Tell Newsweek Why Their Movies Are Funny -- In 100 Words or Fewer

NEW YORK, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- When asked by Newsweek to describe why his movie, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" is funny, Adam Sandler wrote, "Kevin [James] and I have to pretend we're a gay couple. I know Kevin, and it's kind of a strange thing to have to play. So to ease the tension, before the first day of shooting, we had sex with each other. We just got it out of the way so it wouldn't be an issue. It's an old tip I picked up from working with Nicholson." Sandler and James play straight firemen who become domestic partners to safeguard their pensions. "We took some liberties in the movie," Sandler continues. "There's a scene where I mistake Kevin James's boxers for a pillowcase and stuff a pillow in them. That was not Kevin's real underwear. We used that as a mattress cover. This movie says there's nothing wrong with being gay. There's just something wrong with being gay for Kevin James."

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Robin Williams, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell and Dane Cook are among others who took Newsweek up on its unique offer to describe why their summer movie is funny in 100 words or fewer. Their words are part of the 2007 summer movie preview in the April 30 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, April 23). In Williams' movie "License to Wed" he plays a clergyman who forces a couple to undergo his brutal marriage-preparation course before he will join them in holy matrimony. Williams described his film to Newsweek, with a limerick:

There once was a Reverend named Frank
Who saw many marriages tank
Before you rush into bed
He suggested a "License to Wed"
For marriage, said he "is not you and me;
It's a contract that lasts till you're dead"
So before you say "I do"
Whether Muslim, Christian or Jew
Put aside your lust, and develop your trust
Or the only one to get screwed will be you!

Senior Writer Sean Smith opens the package with a feature on "The Simpsons Movie" opening July 27, which he reports is both the least hyped and most anticipated movie of the summer.

Based on footage shown to Newsweek, "The Simpsons Movie" starts with a growing environmental crisis. Then Homer further messes things up which seems about his speed. "You'll never be out of date talking about the environment," says the film's director, David Silverman. Smith reports that a new villain appears, voiced by Albert Brooks, and Lisa may get a green-activist boyfriend.

Now in its 18th season, "The Simpsons" is the longest-running sitcom in history, and it's broadcast in more than 70 countries. Smith reports that getting the movie made took almost as many years as Bart has been in the fourth grade. "This movie has been rewritten more heavily than any human document," writer-producer Al Jean tells Newsweek. "The thing we fear most is making a bad movie."

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