Chris Farley and David Spade Discussed Making a Third Film Two Months Before Farley’s Death
variety.comZack Sharf David Spade revealed in a recent profile by Esquire magazine that his longtime collaborator Chris Farley expressed interest in reuniting for a third feature film together about two months before his tragic death.
Towards the end of their runs on “Saturday Night Live,” the two comedians joined forced to headline the 1995 buddy comedy “Tommy Boy.” Although the film was not a box office hit (it grossed only $32 million worldwide), it became a bonafide cult classic thanks to its home video release.
Spade and Farley quickly reunited a year later for “Black Sheep.”“Two years after ‘Tommy Boy’ came out they told us it made $100 million on video.
We couldn’t believe it,” Spade said. “It really grew over time. We talked about doing another one, but Farley wanted to do more drama, so I said, go do that.
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