{"id":2239957,"date":"2026-01-18T20:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2239957"},"modified":"2026-01-18T20:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:01:06","slug":"how-drew-barrymore-got-adam-sandler-to-join-wedding-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-drew-barrymore-got-adam-sandler-to-join-wedding-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"How Drew Barrymore Got Adam Sandler to Join \u2018Wedding Singer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\"><em data-node-id=\"0.0.0\">Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler starred in the 1998 movie <\/em>The Wedding Singer. <\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\"><em data-node-id=\"0.1.0\">Drew opened up about the first time she met Adam about the movie and how she begged to work with him.<\/em><\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\"><em data-node-id=\"0.2.0\">Fans want Drew and Adam to star in another movie together. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"2.0\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/drew-barrymore\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/drew-barrymore\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Drew Barrymore\" data-node-id=\"2.0.0\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">Drew Barrymore<\/a><\/strong> is speaking out about how she convinced comedy icon <strong data-node-id=\"2.2\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/a69948464\/adam-sandler-wife-jackie-marriage-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/a69948464\/adam-sandler-wife-jackie-marriage-kids\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Adam Sandler\" data-node-id=\"2.2.0\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">Adam Sandler<\/a><\/strong> to be her movie partner.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Back in 1998, fans fell in love with Drew and Adam in the hit romantic comedy <em data-node-id=\"3.1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wedding-Singer-Adam-Sandler\/dp\/B001Q9Z8LU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wedding-Singer-Adam-Sandler\/dp\/B001Q9Z8LU\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Wedding Singer\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"3a9a9345-c43b-468a-be1c-e7b8d01d6860\" data-node-id=\"3.1.0\" class=\"body-link product-links css-h40fkh emevuu60\">The Wedding Singer<\/a><\/em>. This movie marked the first of three collaborations; the two later starred in 2004&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paramountplus.com\/movies\/video\/6PLN5DRho5cY7fI6l_udyxcX7wz9fzKe\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.paramountplus.com\/movies\/video\/6PLN5DRho5cY7fI6l_udyxcX7wz9fzKe\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"50 First Dates\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"23f47d92-de42-4889-acaa-7df25697d7d0\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-node-id=\"3.3\" class=\"body-link product-links css-h40fkh emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"3.3.0\">50 First Dates<\/em><\/a> and 2014&#8217;s <em data-node-id=\"3.5\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blended-Drew-Barrymore\/dp\/B00KL5JZ6O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blended-Drew-Barrymore\/dp\/B00KL5JZ6O\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Blended\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"074ee46a-eefc-457e-a03c-8565a9c164c4\" data-node-id=\"3.5.0\" class=\"body-link product-links css-h40fkh emevuu60\">Blended<\/a><\/em>.   <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">So, how did Drew and Adam&#8217;s partnership come to be all those years ago? Drew spoke about it during a behind-the-scenes moment on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paramountplus.com\/shows\/the-drew-barrymore-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.paramountplus.com\/shows\/the-drew-barrymore-show\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Drew Barrymore Show\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"3cea1eef-7ce2-4346-af8a-858f7810c772\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-node-id=\"4.1\" class=\"body-link product-links css-h40fkh emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"4.1.0\">The Drew Barrymore Show<\/em><\/a>. It turns out she let Adam know her intentions about acting with him and predicted they would work together multiple times throughout their careers.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"instagram\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;I never thought or dreamt that when I met Adam Sandler for the first time at a coffee shop, I had purple hair and a leopard jacket,&#8221; she stated in a clip posted <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTQb6XKEQdO\/?e=75a62f62-f3f9-49f4-b4f7-af7d5ab42478&amp;g=5\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTQb6XKEQdO\/?e=75a62f62-f3f9-49f4-b4f7-af7d5ab42478&amp;g=5\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"on Instagram\" data-node-id=\"7.1\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">on Instagram<\/a> on January 8. &#8220;He showed up in Sandler core!&#8221; <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-q14sem e94w1mj1\">\n<div data-theme-key=\"carousel-container\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" role=\"region\" aria-live=\"off\" aria-labelledby=\"PP0-17-0\" class=\"css-1jke4yk e1kgjrvy4\">\n<p><h2 id=\"PP0-17-0\" data-theme-key=\"carousel-hed\" class=\"css-4i2xvz e1kgjrvy5\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-1yxmhzw eagam8p0\"\/>Get More News on Drew and Adam<span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;[I said] &#8216;I know we don&#8217;t look like a match, but I know that we&#8217;re a match,'&#8221; she added. &#8220;&#8216;And I believe that we&#8217;re supposed to make many movies over many decades! Will you just have faith and see if we can find something to do together?&#8217; And we found <em data-node-id=\"9.1\">The Wedding Singer<\/em>!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Fans all but pleaded with her to get back on screen with him ASAP. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;Yes please!! More movies together. You guys have the best chemistry,&#8221; one person begged in the comments. &#8220;We want more! We want more! We want more!&#8221; another agreed. &#8220;And we need more movies with Drew and Adam \ud83d\ude0d,&#8221; a different follower added. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">We absolutely agree\u2014it&#8217;s time for another movie to come about with both Drew and Adam! And as soon as it happens, you best believe we will be sitting in the movie theater&#8230;<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-18\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-q14sem e94w1mj1\">\n<div data-theme-key=\"carousel-container\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" role=\"region\" aria-live=\"off\" aria-labelledby=\"PP0-18-0\" class=\"css-1jke4yk e1kgjrvy4\">\n<p><h2 id=\"PP0-18-0\" data-theme-key=\"carousel-hed\" class=\"css-4i2xvz e1kgjrvy5\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-1yxmhzw eagam8p0\"\/>Read More TV + Pop Culture News<span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.goodhousekeeping.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler starred in the 1998 movie The Wedding Singer. Drew opened up about the first time she met Adam about the movie and how she begged to work with him. Fans want Drew and Adam to star in another movie together. 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