Crowd Throngs Swampscott Station For Movie Shoot

On the railroad station side of the street movie stars Adam Sandler and David Spade hustled up the station stairs for positions on the movie set — the platform.

Across Railroad Avenue, more than 100 fans crowded the sidewalk craning their necks for a closer look at the stars.

In the street stood production assistants politely urging fans to remain on the sidewalk and be quiet when filming started.

One assistant said that Adam Sandler will sometimes leave the set to greet fans. The assistant made no promsies but said it was known to happen.

MBTA trains came and went, squeeling and exhaling into the station.

Trucks lined the street. Electrical cables, camera equipment and lighting units were strung over the set.

A make-up person brushed David Spades long blong hair as he held a brown teddy bear. 

This was the scene Thursday morning at the Swampscott Train Station.

"There he is," one fan said.

"Who?" a friend asked.

"Adam, and the guy in the blue plaid getting his hair brushed is David Spade."

In front of , waitress Emily Hunt was excited and looking forward to seeing Kevin James one of these days.

"He's so cute," she said.

Emily was at the restaurant early to help her boss, manager Connie Carenza, tend to the movie extras who were hanging out in the restaurant.

Grown Ups 2 had rented the restaurant for the morning, and later in the day chef Ben Carenza was going to cook food for David Spade.

Out front Lisa Ledbury of Swampscott said she had been to all the other Grown Ups 2 filming locations looking for David Spade, with no luck.

"I finally saw him this morning," she said.

Others got a visit from Adam Sandler.  

About 10 am the actor waved to the crowd, then came over to have his photo taken with some fans. He wore a baseball cap with the letter S on it.

The crowd huddled around him holding cell phones high and clicking photos.

For a few minutes the distance between the two sides of the street shrank, and the crowd got what it wanted, an up-close visit from a Grown Ups 2 star.