You play football now, so that is
what they used to pick me up after the
white kid Adam Sandler plays a
pro quarterback sent to jail and
with the help of Chris Rock, creates a
football team to a fellow inmate in
the longest yard.
A lot. But so many things had to be
done to make it better.
Not.
Did you tell that to Burt Reynolds?
Yeah. He knew what he saw.
We looked at each other and we cut out
all the fat from the Yamazaki's.
Let's get to it big.
We're getting up a football game against
the gods.
Of course, Burt Reynolds, who starred in
the original, takes on a costarring role
in the remake.
Yeah, I was sooner than
I thought you were dead.
No, I ain't dead.
If we did it without him, I would have
felt like an idiot the whole time.
I would have been in the back of my mind.
One day Burt Reynolds is going to watch
this movie and say, how dare this
idiot play my part?
So I'm having him
there, made my life so much easier.
Also setting this one apart from the
original, this version starts to
comedians better than before.
It really gets
straighter, more distinguished,
kind of like a young Michael Jackson.
It's a comedy. I mean, the first ones,
you know, drama and
action and money.
Yeah. And it's got some funny moments,
but I wouldn't call it a straight up
comedy. It is like, how many did you
adlib? Did you put your own
to try to make it fit you?
He did a lot.
I mean, I did a lot of stuff.
I mean, I had a lot of ad lib, like, you
know, the months before
games. Okay, how can you hit this
city, you know, trying to figure out
different angles for every scene
to cross.
Oh, we're going to kill.
Oh, we're going to kiss God's.
Got you. Mike Wilber, NBC News.