Adam Sandler and Timothée Chalamet recently stopped by Los Angeles’ Fairfax High School to play a game of two-on-two basketball with some fans, but unfortunately, Sandler admitted that he and Chalamet did not fare well.
In an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote his new movie Jay Kelly, Sandler was asked about how the recent game with Chalamet went.
“We lost that,” he admitted around the 11:48 point of the interview. “That hurt. I can’t win every time.”
Sandler also spoke about first meeting Chalamet when the Marty Supreme actor was very young on a movie they did together, although ultimately his scenes were cut.
“But the kid is so nice and so funny,” he added.
Sandler explained that he didn’t want to play basketball that day, but was kind of coerced into doing it.
“I didn’t want any of this,” he said. “But what happened, me and Timmy did this thing together, and at the very end it was for Netflix, they said, ‘You guys will play two-on-two with some kids from the crowd.’ They got two high school kids, two random kids played me and Tim. And poor Chalamet was stretching out right before, he was like, ‘What happened?’ He had boots on, he had to quickly change into sneakers. Then these two kids, they were nice kids and good.”
A clip from the game made its way online, and Sandler offered some commentary on it, remarking that one of his missed shots should have gone in.
“But those two kids beat us, and they were cool as hell and they enjoyed beating us,” he said. “And I was glad to bring the love. Glad to make them happy. … Those two kids were cool enough, like, it’ll be their third-best story. They looked like, ‘Yeah, that happened.’”
Kimmel also asked him if his daughters are “excited or annoyed” that he’s friends with Chalamet.
“They might not love how close I am with Tim, but when Timmy comes to the house, things change in the house,” he laughed. “My wife’s even putting on better clothes.”
Recently, Chalamet and Sandler sat down at Fairfax High School for a discussion about their careers, and Chalamet showered his friend with praise for his performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love.
“To actors across all ages but really my generation, it’s one of the most important performances—impactful, deeply moving,” said Chalamet. “I think because you’ve ascended to such commercial heights that the people that aren’t really in the know don’t understand how impactful that performance was and how incredibly nuanced and deeply lived in and heartbreaking it is. … I know it’s not about awards, but you should have a golden man in your hand because you’re one of the best fucking actors.”
Watch Kimmel's full interview with Sandler up top.