Adam Sandler was praised for his work in last year's "Uncut Gems" but the actor and comedian nearly lost his life while filming it.
In the crime drama, Sandler plays Howard Ratner, a New York City Diamond District jeweler who has an addiction to gambling. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he and the film's directors Josh and Benny Safdie revealed that two actors who played bodyguards and repeatedly beat up Sandler's character were once too rough when "manhandling" the A-lister as cameras were rolling. "Sandler's so in it, he's so into the character that it started to actually get a little scary one or two times, because he's getting choked at one point in the scene and there were all these cues," Josh Safdie told the outlet.
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