Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
An Interview With Rob Schneider and Eddie Griffin

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo re-teams Rob Schneider and Eddie Griffin to bring you the continued adventures of the man whore with the heart of gold. Shot in Amsterdam, a city where smiling cops are all too willing to spark your spliffs, one must ask the question. Does Rob Schneider get down?

The studio was saying, “You only want to make a movie in Amsterdam because of the legal prostitution and legal marijuana.” I said, “You know, that’s so insulting because Amsterdam has so much more to offer than that. There’s also legal mushrooms and hashish. Crack. Cocaine...” says Schneider

Was the man who brought us such family fare as The Hot Chick and The Animal truly endorsing illegal substances? Of, course not.

Soft drugs don’t make it less likely for hard drugs. There’s a lot of hard drugs over there. LOT of hard drugs. It’s not great. After spending six months there, I wouldn’t recommend legalizing marijuana everywhere in America.

Phew...totally redeemed himself. Yet while his stance on narcotics is pretty conservative, when it comes to his comedy, Schneider says the harder the better. He even pushes it on kids.

All the comedies I loved when I was a kid were rated R. I feel like children are getting ripped off now. I mean like 13, 14, 15. They’re watered down. I had Richard Pryor. I had, you know, Gene Wilder. Mel Brooks. We had Monty Python. These were really funny movies. I feel like the kids are ripped off these days. I really do.

So would Schneider recommend his own movie to the youth of America? A film where a woman is cursed with having male genitalia in place of a nose? A film where this same woman sneezes ejaculate on unsuspecting diners at a restaurant? Please believe it.

I hope that parents will bring their teens. An eight-year-old, maybe, shouldn’t go see this movie. But, you know, definitely teenagers. Go! Go and have fun.

Finally, Schneider shares his thoughts on the dreaded sophomore slump.

This sequel I want to make better than the original, because I want people to go and have a great time. I mean, honestly, most comedy sequels suck because they’re just feeding off the goodwill of the first movie. And it’s like, you know what, I don’t want to do that to the audience. They got they’re one night off Friday night. They’re going to go stand in line with a bunch of other people. You know, they got a babysitter and they’re tired, and they’re going to have crappy, crappy popcorn. Maybe their seats suck. But, when the lights go down, give a good show. Make them laugh their ass off.

A male prostitute would be lost without a strong pimp hand to guide his career. In Deuce’s case, it happens to belong to the best Sammy Davis impression in the business. How did Eddie Griffin enjoy his stay in the beautiful city of Amsterdam?

Let’s put it like this. It’s Disneyland for adults. Yes. It’s a beautiful place. It’s truly free. Yes. Beautiful coffee shops with no coffee...The first time we hit Amsterdam was just a trip. How much freedom they actually got over there. Smoke weed. Police walk up and light your joint. You know, it’s a beautiful place. Prostitution’s legal. They got hoes all in the little windows. They call it the Red Light District, says Griffin.

Basing the film’s story in such a, um, free city required extra liberties from the MPAA . Griffin, used to the leeway of stand-up comedy, appreciates the lessened restrictions in filming R rated movies.

Yeah, no boundaries, man. Come on now, we’re all adults here. You know, and being an adult you have the choice to change the channel or not go. You really don’t need people to tell you what not to go see. I think that’s a decision as Americans we all have the right to make for ourselves. So, yes, I’m enjoying the rated R thing again, seeing as I like to get rated R when I’m on stage doing my thing.

If there's a scene in the film where Griffin's anger seemed a little too real, it might have had to do with the motivation he received from an unexpected history lesson.

I’m searching through this book and I found out the Dutch really did create slavery. I’m like, okay, “The motherf******!” It gives you the right incentive when you're doing the scene. You know...ain't this wonderful? Hindsight being twenty-twenty I want to thank the Dutch because my black ass is in America making millions of dollars. You know it paid off in the end. It started out bad. Some went out and changed their name from Chaka to Tyrone but, you know, it worked out.