![]() When we did the scene, it was like, "Man, I'm going to kill you. How much of the trash talk was improvised? Obviously the best parts of the movie come from this rivalry between you and Anthony Edwards's character, Kermit. My foot hurts, my knee hurts, everything hurts. The first game, It was so hard to do four or five days straight, jumping and running on boots. So it was really, really hard-mentally and physically. It's tough to warm up again and then start jumping, start playing defense, and start blocking shots. You don't stop for 20 minutes to change the camera and do it again. Because I'm used to three or four hours a day straight. The hardest part for me was the basketball. ![]() Since it was a two-year-long shoot, how physically demanding was filming and rehearsing the basketball stuff? I think that's why people love Adam Sandler, because he never takes himself seriously, but yet his work is beautiful and funny. He never put on a bad face or any bad answer. He's funny, he loves basketball, he cares about you, he cares about the fans. He's just as he looks in movies as a person. For me, it wasn't hard to be on set every single day. Juancho Hernangomez: Probably because I’ve watched it a lot of times. This conversation has been edited for clarity and length.ĮSQUIRE: What’s your favorite Adam Sandler movie? Turns out that Hernangomez knows just as much about the grind as his Netflix doppelgänger. With Hernangomez managing to nail plenty of shots opposite a comedy legend, Esquire caught up with the baller before the film's premiere. It infuses Sugerman and Cruz's journey to the high-stakes NBA Draft Combine with some major SME (Sports Movie Energy), providing more than enough humor and heart to make Hustle one of Sandler's best films. As Cruz, Hernangomez mixes a sort of mischief-ordering five Philly cheesesteaks and only eating one bite of each to cut calories-with a dry humor that ricochets off Sandler's absurdism. ![]() Hustle sees Sandler's Stanley Sugerman, a longtime scout for the Philadelphia 76ers, discover a Spanish hooper named Bo Cruz, played by Hernangomez. But not in a Sandlerian you eat pieces of shit for breakfast?! way. "I just tried to be natural." If you've seen Adam Sandler's Hustle, which hit Netflix on June 8, it's obvious why Sandman casted him. "I don't know what they like, or what they like about me," Hernangomez said over Zoom earlier this week, entirely serious, speaking about his submission. 'Big Daddy' Is the Most Timeless Sandler Movie.We Ranked Every Single Adam Sandler Movie. ![]()
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