Brendan Fraser Recalls Landing Airheads Even Though He's 'Not a Musician': 'I Don't Play the Guitar'



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Brendan Fraser's appearing chops person been capable to marque him plausible successful the relation of a band's pb guitarist, notwithstanding nary longer having immoderate philharmonic prowess himself.

"I do not play the guitar," the actor, 54, said connected Tuesday's occurrence of The Drew Barrymore Show, portion discussing his quality successful the 1994 drama Airheads, 1 successful each of his archetypal starring movie roles.

"I don't accidental Adam [Sandler] performed the drums. I accidental Steve [Buscemi] ought to get with the assistance of connected bass rather well," Fraser endured of his onscreen bandmates successful the fictional trio The Lone Rangers.

The Critics Choice Award victor went straight to instrumentality into relationship however helium admitted to the film's director, Michael Lehmann, astatine the clip that he's "now not a musician" — nevertheless Lehman, sixty five, wasn't fazed.

"He goes, 'That's exceptional, nary of these men are besides,' " Fraser instructed big Drew Barrymore, giggling. "So helium gave maine the activity!"

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Last month, Variety posted its Actors connected Actors conversation among Fraser and Sandler, who superstar wrong the 2022 films The Whale and Hustle, respectively, arsenic they reminisced astir making Airheads astir 3 decades ago.

"Remember aft I located you? You were conscionable a youngster," Sandler, 56, jokingly told Fraser. "I stole you from Pauly [Shore] and said, 'Get implicit close here.' "

"Is that the mode it shook out? Get retired of close here," Fraser responded.

"I go like, this feline should not simply beryllium a caveman — helium person to beryllium successful a band," Sandler told Fraser, referencing the actor's breakout relation successful 1992's Encino Man, wherein helium played a caveman named Link.

During the conversation, Sandler claimed that Lehmann "turned into precise against" casting Fraser wrong the movie archetypal of each — to the constituent that Sandler himself stepped successful to assistance get the task done.

"He go like, 'I bash not get it. I bash not spot the caveman being wrong the film,' " Sandler stated. "And I simply said, 'He tin bash different s---, guy.' "

"I subsequently went to [Lehmann's] location astatine similar 4 wrong the morning, woke him up, and I said, 'Just cognize Adam Sandler ain't going to beryllium successful Airheads but vintage Fraser is successful it,' " helium recalled. "So helium modified his small music."

When Fraser cited that Lehmann besides "sang a peculiar song" portion helium flew to Chicago to fulfill with Fraser astir the movie, Sandler joked that the manager lied to him.

"He didn't request you. I did, and the relaxation is rather precise," Sandler said. "You had a bully beingness due to the fact that of me!"