If you’ve ever watched an Adam Sandler film, you may have noticed that the same actors often pop up.
The Happy Gilmore star, 57, is undoubtedly one of the biggest comic actors working today.
He has starred in hit films such as 50 First Dates, The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy and countless others.
Yet, if you are familiar with Sandler’s work, you’d know that the likes of Kevin James, David Spade, Chris Rock and Rob Schneider always seem to appear alongside him.
Sometimes they can have prominent roles alongside Sandler, while in other instances they appear as small cameos.
But it turns out there is a good reason why they pop up in his movies.
Fans of Sandler have shared on social media their reactions to discovering the reason why Sandler likes to have his friends and family involved in his work.
One person writes: “Nice, that’s why I always watch his movies. They are always the funniest and he takes care of his friends all the time.”
“Awesome all of his friends are always amazing in the movies so no complaints,” pens someone else.
A third adds: “That’s how you win together with your friends. Huge W to the sandman.”
“Guy looks out for his buddies, no matter how bad the movies got I always respected him for that,” writes a fourth.
Sandler founded the production company Happy Madison in 1999 alongside Jack Giarraputo, which takes the name from two of his movies Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison.
The studio is behind classics such as You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, The Longest Yard and Click – all of which feature his buddies to some extent.
Probably the most famous example of all of Sandler’s friends appearing in the same movie is Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2 – which is about a group of childhood friends who all go on a joint holiday with their families.
The actor who holds the title for appearing in the most films alongside Sandler is Schneider, who has starred in 15 different movies with the Saturday Night Live alumni.
His appearances are usually minor and he has a running gag of emphatically saying ‘you can do it’ in each movie.
The Punch Drunk Love actor is also known to get his family involved with his movies, with his wife Jackie having small roles in his films.
While Sandler’s daughters Sadie and Sunny both had leading roles in his most recent film You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.
And it seems as though there’s one major reason why…
The Uncut Gems star wrote the film alongside Fred Wolf and in an interview with Collider, he was asked if he already had the cast in mind.
He responded: “Yes, I did. Me and Fred Wolf wrote the movie. The whole idea was about putting together old friends that get to hang out for a weekend.
“These guys are my old friends, so it made total sense. I’m glad they said yes to it.”
According to Screen Rant, comedian and actor Allen Covert – who has known Sandler since college – has worked on the most projects with him.
He largely collaborates with the Little Nicky star behind the scenes as a producer.