LOS ANGELES , California ( CNN ) -- Packing on the pounds over the holidays ? Adam Sandler can sympathize . He recently put on some weight himself . Adam Sandler had to cope with more than just falling gumballs in his latest comedy , `` Bedtime Stories . '' The comedian got buff for the movie `` You Do n't Mess With the Zohan '' ( in which he showed a lot of skin ) , but then he said he let himself go just a bit . `` [ For 'Zohan ' ] I worked out like a madman , '' he told CNN . `` And then I started getting fat again . '' Concern over his physical conditioning led to an unintended consequence -- a broken bone . `` [ One Saturday ] I ate so much food , that I was laying in bed . I was fat as heck and I said , ' I better play some ball . ' I went out and played basketball , broke my ankle . I said , 'Maybe I should have stayed fat . ' `` The mishap occurred as he was filming his latest comedy , `` Bedtime Stories . '' In scenes that involved walking around , Sandler needed a body double . `` I 'm shooting the movie with the cast on , '' he said . `` We did about six , seven weeks of shooting . If I was standing here and I had to walk to the door , I would stand up [ then the camera would cut to ] a guy with my outfit on that took the walk . '' Sandler is on the mend , but he said his ankle is still a little swollen . `` Bedtime Stories '' opens Christmas Day .
Adam Sandler wore cast for part of `` Bedtime Stories '' filming . Comment: Sandler says he let himself go after `` You Do n't Mess With the Zohan ''