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Kathy Bates Saves Waterboy Script, Joins Matlock Series

6/20/2026

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Kathy Bates threw the script for Adam Sandler’s 1998 film *The Waterboy* into the trash.
After her niece retrieved the discarded script, a colleague’s urging led Bates to read it again.
Bates then accepted the role of Mama Boucher, the overprotective mother of Sandler’s character Bobby Boucher.
She also said she almost passed on the legal drama *Matlock* before joining the series, which has been renewed for a third season.

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Story summary

Kathy Bates threw the script for Adam Sandler’s 1998 film *The Waterboy* into the trash.
After her niece retrieved the discarded script, a colleague’s urging led Bates to read it again.
Bates then accepted the role of Mama Boucher, the overprotective mother of Sandler’s character Bobby Boucher.
She also said she almost passed on the legal drama *Matlock* before joining the series, which has been renewed for a third season.