Drew Barrymore had a specific rule for Adam Sandler’s singing scenes in their rom-coms together.
Adam and Drew played the lead roles The wedding singer And 50 first dates, both had climactic scenes with the comedian singing to her.
Drew demanded that the song be kept secret from her so that she could hear it for the first time during filming and capture her real reaction.
During his recent performance on The Drew Barrymore Showthe Happy Gilmore star and the Charlie’s angels actresses reminisced about their time filming together.
Looking at a BTS photo of them filming, Adam said, “Oh, there’s ‘Forgetful Lucy,’ the night we sang ‘Forgetful Lucy,’ right?
“The fun story with this is when Adam sings me a song in our movie,” Barrymore began, and her co-star interjected, “You’re not letting me tell you what it is.”
“I don’t make you play it for me beforehand, but we do it for real, live on camera,” she explained. “That’s the very first time. So when you see me hear a song ‘Forgetful Lucy’ or ‘I Wanna Grow Old With You’ on The Wedding Singer, that’s my natural reaction.”
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler reunited in 2014 Blended, that was also a love story, but with characters with children.
