Timothée Chalamet believes Adam Sandler is one of the greatest actors of all time

The two stars reviewed and discussed their movies at the Sandler x Chalamet event in the Fairfax High School gymnasium in Los Angeles over the weekend and after a clip from Punch Drunk Love aired, Timothée said: "It is one of the most important performances. It's impactful, deeply moving.

"As a young actor knowing you for your comedic work, seeing that thrown against the context of your other work, I'm like, 'Wow, this is a f****** incredible actor. I hope I can give a performance like this.'"

The 29-year-old star thinks Adam should have received more awards recognition over the years.

He said: "I know it's not about awards, blah, blah, blah, but you should have a golden man in your hand, because, man, you're one of the best f****** actors of all time."

The Happy Gilmore actor returned the praise.

He told Timothée "What you continue to do for cinema and for all of us is beyond it all. I just cannot wait to see what you bring in the future."

The pair have never appeared in a movie together but the Marty Supreme star was cut from Adam's 2014 movie Men, Women + Children.

And Adam recalled how director Jason Reitman was full of praise for the then-teenage actor.

He said: "I remember when Jason Reitman was talking about you being in it, he said to me, 'Oh, I got this kid playing the quarterback. He's coming. He's incredible.' He like, knew."

The Dune star recalled: ""I was at the [premiere] party at the Toronto Film Festival and I was sitting there and I was bummed, and you were leaving the party and you gave me a nice little shoulder pat; man, it meant a lot."

The two stars also bonded over their shared love of basketball.

Timothee said: "The times we've played basketball, we haven't had great luck. We played these random kids and that was rough."

Adam added: "You're very good, awesome. I'm fine. We played these two kids, just out of nowhere they just so happened to be so f****** good."

At the end of the night, the pair took on two fans in a quick game of basketball - but lost.