“We loved each other so much,” the first-time actor says of Sandler.
“He took care of me from the first day.”
But when he met theUncut Gemsstar, it was love at first sight.
Juancho Hernangomez and Adam Sandler in ‘Hustle’.Scott Yamano/Netflix
“He loved me like his older son, and I looked at him like my dad.
We had a good relationship in every way.
He took care of me from the first day.”
Tobias Harris and Juancho Hernangomez in ‘Hustle’.Scott Yamano/Netflix
“He watches all the games; he texts me after the games.
It’s crazy how good our relationship is.
We spent so much time together; we developed some good chemistry.”
Juancho Hernangomez as Bo Cruz in ‘Hustle’.Cassy Athena/Netflix
“I don’t know how it happened,” says Hernangomez about his acting debut.
But he also had Sandler by his side to give advice when he needed it.
“He just told me to be me,” Hernangomez says.
Juancho Hernangomez and Anthony Edwards in ‘Hustle’.Scott Yamano/Netflix
“Enjoy yourself, enjoy every day.
Just be you, be normal.
You have a lot of takes, don’t worry about anything.”
Even when Sandler wasn’t actively passing along wisdom, Hernangomez was always watching and listening.
“Just seeing how he works every single day sets the best example ever,” he says.
I was just like, ‘What the hell?
How’d you do that?'"
“I’m used to playing basketball my whole life,” Hernangomez says.
Just physically and mentally, it was tough.
Stop to go; stop to go …
Doing a movie is so hard."
“When we first talked about the movie, I talked about how good he could be for Kermit.
Everything worked out, and he did a crazy good job.
We were so proud of him, and we have special chemistry.”
He adds, “We had so much fun on set with everybody.
We played one-on-one; we played full court.
It was such a good environment and everybody loved the movie and acted so well, even the OGs.
I have a scene with Dr. J in the movie; I loved that.
It was a pleasure to meet him and to talk to him.”
“I never expected two years ago to be talking right now about being in a movie.
So that’s how life works.
But you never know what’ll happen after that.”
