Why Rob Schneider Didn't Return For Adam Sandler's Grown Ups 2
After the success of 2010’s Grown Ups, Adam Sandler released his first-ever sequel, so it's odd that star Rob Schneider didn't return for Grown Ups 2. Schneider began his career as a writer and actor on Saturday Night Live and has an extensive filmography, including his breakout role in Home Alone 2 and the 1999 comedy Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. Most popular, however, are Schneider’s many roles in Sandler’s films, spanning from 1998’s The Waterboy to 2020’s Hubie Halloween.
Schneider also starred in Grown Ups as Rob Hilliard, a hippie friend of Sandler’s character Lenny Feder. Also starring in the movie are Kevin James, Chris Rock, and David Spade, the latter two of whom worked with Sandler and Schneider on SNL in the early '90s, forming the “Bad Boys of SNL” alongside Chris Farley. Having worked together for so long and with most of the original cast reprising their roles, it came as a surprise when Schneider passed on Sandler’s Grown Ups 2.
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Schneider previously shared he couldn’t participate in filming because of scheduling conflicts with his then-CBS sitcom Rob. The show was canceled after one season; however, had it been renewed, Schneider wouldn’t have been available to shoot Grown Ups 2. Schneider also blamed a lack of pay, stating “They’re doing Grown Ups 2 without me. Mistake. They should have paid me a lot of money,” (via Vulture). Furthermore, given this was the fourth Sandler movie in a row that Schneider had not appeared in, theories of a rift between the actors began circulating. The aforementioned reasons, paired with Schneider becoming a new father in 2012 and dedicating more attention to his stand-up, are likely all contributing
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