The actor blackballed by Hollywood because of Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler has a reputation for keeping his filmmaking friends as close as possible, but besmirching his name can have disastrous consequences.
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Wed 5 February 2025 20:15, UK
Making friends with Adam Sandler is one of the easiest ways to guarantee a Hollywood career, with the actor and producer having spent the last three decades acquiring a number of regular collaborators whoâve worked with him on multiple productions.
Whether theyâre writers, directors, producers, or actors, the starâs Happy Madison company has its in-house repertory of creatives and on-camera talents who can sleep easy knowing that regardless of which direction their career is heading, Sandlerâs open-door policy will give them a job sooner rather than later.
It also helps that, by all accounts, heâs got a reputation for being a tremendously nice guy. Sure, the vast majority of his movies are terrible, and heâs responsible for one of the most Razzie-laden filmographies in Hollywood history, but thereâs a reason why the folks who enter his inner circle tend to stay there.
Unfortunately, the Sandler effect can also cause negative consequences, as Rose McGowan discovered when she went public with a casting call for a Happy Madison flick, which she felt compelled to share with the world. The note declared that any female actors auditioning for a role in an upcoming project were required to show up wearing a âblack (or dark) formfitting tank that shows off cleavage (push-up bras encouraged).â
While she didnât cite the picture or the people behind it, McGowan couldnât have been clearer when she revealed that the star of the filmâs name ârhymes with Madam Panhandler.â Technically, she didnât name anyone specifically, but exactly one week later, the actor shared that she âgot fired by my wussy acting agent because I spoke up about the bullshit in Hollywood.â
All she did was call out the blatant sexism the unnamed movie was looking for in its female cast members, and she was dropped from her agency because of it. This was in the summer of 2015, and based on the timeline of which Sandler-backed features went into production around then, it may have been Netflixâs The Do-Over, which started shooting weeks after McGowan went public.
âThe wardrobe part was dumb enough,â she told Entertainment Weekly. âThe part that made me laugh was where it said, âMake sure you read the script so you understand the context of the sceneâ. That was the part that made me laugh the hardest.â It may have cost her an agent, but McGowan didnât hold Sandler personally responsible.
âIâm not trying to vilify Adam Sandler,â she clarified. âAlthough someone did tell me that when he did his Netflix deal, he said, âI signed with Netflix because it rhymes with âWet Chicksâ. I mean, what? What in the fuck is going on?â
Incredibly, thatâs true, with Sandler releasing a statement after inking a contract with the streaming service sharing that he âimmediately said yes for one reason and one reason only: Netflix rhymes with âWet Chicksâ.â Popular, he certainly is, but progressive? Not in 2015, anyway.
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