Controversy
According to Alexander Payne, the writer of an initial draft of the movie, Sandler took many liberties with his screenplay, "sandlerizing" the movie, in his own words. At some point, he did not want his name attached to the project.
Critics have also said the character played by Rob Schneider is a racist depiction of Asians and he was also negatively received for donning Yellowface.
In November 2007, the producers of Australian movie Strange Bedfellows initiated legal action against Universal Pictures for copyright violation. The suit was withdrawn in April 2008 after the producers of Strange Bedfellows received an early draft of Chuck and Larry that predated their film, satisfied that they had not been plagiarized.
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