The dude is super funny, super nice, works his ass off. It was just a straight up dream come true. IGN: What was it like working with Sandler and playing this father/son dynamic? Samberg: It was awesome. Definitely, going in, that was the thing I felt the most nervous about, because it was the newest and arguably could be the most challenging, but I actually found it to be pretty fun. It was nice to have an arc for the character and it was cool for me to play a very reactionary character and a little more uptight. IGN: Was it interesting for you to start off playing a more straight-laced character than we’ve seen you play before and get to experience that, but then get to show where he can go to when, say, Vanilla Ice and a lot of alcohol are involved? Samberg: Who knows what anyone will do when you add Vanilla Ice and alcohol and stir? Yeah, it was fun. A lot of things change in the film as it goes on. IGN: Your characters starts out as more of the straight man, though things begin to change for him as the film progresses. So I was really, really excited about it. So we had a little bit of contact, but never as much time to hang as shooting a whole movie. And I’d gone and visited him at Happy Madison with Akiva and Jorma, my working partners, and hung out with him a couple of times there. He called me, just out of the blue, to welcome me to the show when I first got hired, which meant the world to me. But to work on a movie? Even better! IGN: Did you know him at all beforehand? With SNL veterans, is there some secret, underground club that you all have a special key to? Samberg: Yeah, there’s a series of underground tunnels at 30 Rock that we all conspire in and meet. So yeah, I read it, I thought it was hilarious and obviously my entire life I’ve been dying to do something with Sandler – even if it was just to meet him and hang out with him and sort of stare into his eyes. IGN: Which is making it into the dictionary, right? Samberg: At least the slang dictionary. They were so aperkt! Which is definitely a word. IGN: How did you first hear about the project and this opportunity to play Sandler’s son? Adam Samberg: My agent said Happy Madison had this script and it called for Adam Sandler’s son if he had a son as a teen and my ears basically blew off of my head with perkness. There’s too many relatives, too many friends.”Ĭongratulations to Andy Samberg and Joanna Newsom on their beautiful wedding and happy nupitals! Photo courtesy of Joel Ginsburg / WENN.What follows is an increasingly bizarre weekend, in a movie that takes full advantage of its R rating, eventually involving the likes of… Well, read my interview with Samberg below to hear about some of the interesting costars in That’s My Boy, along with info on a couple of upcoming projects, including Grown Ups 2 and Hotel Transylvania. We tried to go small and it was just impossible. “So far, it’s been nothing but stress and joy,” said Andy. Andy Samberg takes an odd career direction after SNL >Īndy joked with E! News earlier this week that he was a bit overwhelmed with the wedding planning and was looking forward to spending time with his Joanna after the wedding. The venue’s website states it can only accommodate weddings up to 75 guests, so it sounds like Andy and Joanna opted for an intimate affair with just their closest friends and families present on their wedding day. The breathtaking luxury resort is set on a dramatic cliff in the Santa Lucia Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Samberg and Newsom chose the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, California as their wedding backdrop. Andy Samberg takes a risk with Brooklyn Nine-Nine > There’s no word yet on number of guests but E! News just confirmed that Adam Sandler, Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler, and Nick Kroll were just a few of the A-list celebrities that watched the couple exchange vows. with her latest release, Have One on Me (2010) peaking at number 28. Joanna’s last three albums did well in the U.K. While Andy Samberg is a household name thanks to his Saturday Night Live ( SNL) fame and comedy trio The Lonely Island, Newson is well-known within independent music circles. The best jokes from Comedy Central’s James Franco Roast > Us Weekly confirmed the nuptials directly with Andy Samberg’s rep late yesterday. Samberg and Newsom began dating five years ago and became engaged shortly after Valentine’s Day this past February. 21 at the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, California. Andy Samberg married his longtime girlfriend Joanna Newsom on Saturday, Sept.
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