Adam Sandler says Kathy Bates threw 'The Waterboy' script in the 'garbage' after reading the first page

In 1998, Sandler and Bates starred in the comedy ‘The Waterboy’ alongside Fairuza Balk, Henry Winkler, Rob Schneider and more ...

Adam Sandler's 'The Waterboy' co-star originally threw script in the trash

Adam Sandler's hit 1998 comedy very nearly didn't feature Oscar winner Kathy Bates as Mama Boucher.
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'The Waterboy' was based in Louisiana, but where was it filmed? Here's what is fact, fiction

This week marked the 25th anniversary of "The Waterboy," a 1998 classic that is still the highest-grossing sports comedy of all time. The movie stars Adam Sandler as Bobby Boucher — a 31-year-old ...
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Henry Winkler’s shocking salary for Adam Sandler’s ‘The Waterboy’ revealed

That’s the way the cookie crumbles. Henry Winkler said that he was compensated with only “a cookie” after he agreed last-minute to be in Adam Sandler’s 1998 comedy “The Waterboy.” “I did ‘Waterboy.’ ...