Sandler gave Brand jump start in Hollywood

The Get Him to the Greek star previously worked as a presenter for MTV UK and it was only after a risque interview with Sandler that Brand began contemplating moving to the U.S. He says, "I was in England minding my own business, presenting an MTV programme, and Adam Sandler came on it as a guest. "I was quite cheeky (to him) even though he was a big movie star and afterwards people said (to Sandler), 'Are you alright? He was quite cheeky to you.' And he said, 'No, actually I quite liked it, he should come to America and do films.'" And the Big Daddy star even gave Katy Perry's new husband a helping hand to land his first acting gig in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Brand adds, "So he put me in touch with Judd Apatow and then Adam put

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