USA: A 'Grown Up' Adam Sandler hits the red carpet for the New York premiere of his new film

Record ID: 219797

  • Title: USA: A 'Grown Up' Adam Sandler hits the red carpet for the New York premiere of his new film
  • Date: 24th June 2010
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JUNE 23, 2010) (REUTERS) 'GROWN UPS' FLOATING DEVICE AND MOVIE POSTER (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) CAST FROM 'GROWN UPS' ON THE RED CARPET ROB SCHNEIDER POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROB SCHNEIDER, ACTOR, SAYING: "Being a grown up. A grown up you can do more, you can do more, you can get stuff, you can drive places, you can go eat, you can get booze, it's way more fun. My childhood was boring. I was the youngest, my parents retired by the time I was growing up, you know, if you weren't surfing there was nothing else to do when I was a kid." ADAM SANDLER AND DAVID SPADE ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) DAVID SPADE, ACTOR, SAYING: "A kid. A kid with money would be the best." ALEC MUSSER BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALEC MUSSER, ACTOR, SAYING: "I still think of myself as a kid, so I'm not exactly sure what it's like to be a grown up. When I get there, I'll let you know." ADAM SANDLER AND CHRIS ROCK BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) ADAM SANDLER, ACTOR, SAYING: "Trying to stay out fights. Making sure no-one beats the shit out of me, that was like a nice week." MARIA BELLO POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS FLOATING DEVICES WITH CAST'S CHILDHOOD PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHRIS ROCK, ACTOR, SAYING: "I'm sure there's a mad photographer somewhere going, 'How come I'm not getting paid!?'" SALMA HAYEK ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) SALMA HAYEK, ACTRESS, SAYING: "It's tough to tell. You know, they all have their days. Sometimes Chris Rock would write them down and come really well prepared, he was very funny, but they were all very, very funny. And you know, they know it, so they go one take, another, another, another, they don't even cut, they do one joke after another after another." JERSEY SHORE REALITY TELEVISION STAR NICOLE POLIZZI ALSO KNOWN AS 'SNOOKI' POSING ON THE RED CARPET ACTRESS ANNA CHLUMSKY ON RED CARPET VARIOUS CHILDREN ON THE RED CARPET EXTERIOR ZIEGFELD THEATER
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  • Country: USA
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  • Story Text: A very 'grown up' cast hit the red carpet for the New York premiere of the new Adam Sandler comedy 'Grown Ups' on Wednesday (June 23).
    Cast members braved the sweltering heat against a backdrop of swimming pool floating devices featuring their childhood photographs, inside.
    'Grown Ups' tells the story of five men, played by Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider, who were best friends as kids, and are now getting together for the Fourth of July weekend to meet each others' families for the first time.
    Picking up where their childhood friendships left off, the group discover why growing older doesn't mean growing up.
    So what's more fun - being a grown up, or a kid?
    "Being a grown up. A grown up you can do more, you can do more, you can get stuff, you can drive places, you can go eat, you can get booze, it's way more fun. My childhood was boring. I was the youngest, my parents retired by the time I was growing up, you know, if you weren't surfing there was nothing else to do when I was a kid," Rob Schneider told Reuters.
    Actor David Spade begged to differ.
    "A kid. A kid with money would be the best," Spade said.
    Actor Alec Musser, known in the film as the 'Water Park Stud' said he didn't think he'd ever grown up.
    "I still think of myself as a kid, so I'm not exactly sure what it's like to be a grown up. When I get there, I'll let you know," Musser said.
    Adam Sandler said he enjoyed being a grown up, having spent most of his childhood trying to avoid the schoolyard bullies.
    "Trying to stay out fights. Making sure no-one beats the shit out of me, that was like a nice week," Sandler said.
    Comedian-Actor Chris Rock said he enjoyed having his childhood photograph splashed across the media as part of the film's promotion - even if the photographer that took the photo, didn't.
    "I'm sure there's a mad photographer somewhere going, 'How come I'm not getting paid!?'," Rock laughed.
    As for which of the five cast members was the funniest, actress Salma Hayek, who plays Sandler's wife in the film, said it hard to decide.
    "It's tough to tell. You know, they all have their days. Sometimes Chris Rock would write them down and come really well prepared, he was very funny, but they were all very, very funny. And you know, they know it, so they go one take, another, another, another, they don't even cut, they do one joke after another after another," Hayek said.
    'Grown Ups' opens across North America on June 25.
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