Sadie Sandler has quite the list of acting credits, beginning with an uncredited role as “girl riding on goat” in her dad’s 2008 comedy “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.” She’s since appeared in more than a dozen Adam Sandler movies, including 2010’s “Grown Ups.” This marked the big screen debut of Sunny Sandler, who played the sister of Sadie’s character. As the film’s producer, Adam kept the casting in the family by giving his wife Jackie Sandler the role of their daughters’ on-screen mom.
As teens, Sadie and Sunny got the opportunity to play siblings again when their dad’s production company, Happy Madison, decided to adapt Fiona Rosenbloom’s novel “You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah” for Netflix. This time, Sunny wasn’t just offered a small cameo but a starring role as Stacy Friedman, a middle schooler who is excited about planning the perfect bat mitzvah — until her best friend Lydia (Samantha Lorraine) breaks the girl code in a major way by dating Stacy’s longtime crush Andy (Dylan Hoffman). Sadie plays Stacy’s older sister, Ronnie. Naturally, Adam cast himself as the girls’ father.
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In an interview with Tudum, director Sammi Cohen praised Sunny’s performance, saying, “She’s got this incredible free-spirited nature, a natural silliness that elicits moments of charming vulnerability.” Sunny and Sadie can also sing, as proven by their performance of the Taylor Swift song “Lover” at the Rock4EB! fundraiser in 2019.
