At the film’s premiere Monday night, cast members chuckled as they recalled behind-the-scene zaniness on writer-director Judd Apatow’s third film. In the movie, Adam Sandler plays a stand-up comic who adjusts to news that he has a terminal illness.

“There was a lot of filth. Offensive filth, that wasn’t family friendly,” joked Leslie Mann, who is married to Apatow and starred in the film with the couple’s two daughters. “It was a lot of dirty, filthy and funniest stuff going on.”

Mann said that People will likely resonate the way her husband’s previous work —Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin— has.

“His funniest stuffs are really away some, but also heart felt. It’s a nice balance; not a lot of people can pull that off,” she said.