I do not believe it got good reviews, she recently recalled.
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STEVE!
Theyre not, and then suddenly, they get this cult following of people who absolutely love them.
Adam Sandler, Liev Schreiber, Madeline Kahn, Steve Martin, Rita Wilson, Juliette Lewis and Anthony La Paglia in ‘Mixed Nuts’ (1994)20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection
And then I look at them again and I think, well, I really love this.
For me and movies, its like having a kid or something.
You love all sorts of things about it because you have all sorts of memories connected.
Anthony La Paglia, Juliette Lewis, Liev Schreiber, Adam Sandler,Steve Martin, Rita Wilson and Madeline Kahn inMixed Nuts(1994) (TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection)
We just loved it, said Delia Ephron.
And also, our childhood had a lot of Christmas in it.
So, that was very special for us to make Meg Ryans character own a bookstore, she added.
And then in this case, we really had strong feelings about Christmas.
So, we had feelings about it, so that was important.
With the sisters putting a Venice Beach twist on the original French plot, they were ready to cast.
We just wanted Steve Martin, and that was just the beginning, said Delia Ephron.
Once you had Steve Martin, then Adam Sandlers in it, and thats really cuckoo, she noted.
It was a happy set.
I was completely shocked that you wanted to do an anniversary of this, admitted Delia Ephron.
But you know what people say, its not why you do it really.
Its a lot of moving parts of the movie and you just dont know.
But youre not the first person whos written me a letter about it, I mean a good letter.
