The enduring friendship between Rob Schneider and Adam Sandler remains strong, as Schneider shared how often the Waterboy star reaches out to check on him.
While it’s been a while since the duo appeared on screen together — their last collaboration being in 2020’s Hubie’s Halloween — their bond remains unwavering.
Schneider highlighted their friendship during the New York premiere of Sandler’s latest Netflix comedy special, Adam Sandler: Love You, on August 20.
The two actors first crossed paths in the 1980s and later co-starred in the 1998 film The Waterboy. Their professional relationship flourished from there.
Schneider, 60, spoke about how their friendship has grown over the years, telling PEOPLE: “There’s not been a week in 30 years where he doesn’t check in on me.”
“I mean, that’s true. No matter where I am in the world, I’ll get a phone call, sometimes in the middle of the night.”
“He called me from Italy, [and said], ‘What are you doing?’ I go, ‘It’s two o’clock in the morning.’ ‘Well get up. I need to talk to you. Are you good?’.”
How touching!
Schneider also mentioned that their friendship spans five decades and expressed amazement that the Uncut Gems star continues to involve him in his projects.
“He’s a special cat,” he said. “I mean, I really, I don’t have any words to say except I love him and I just want him to be healthy, happy, successful. He’s just incredible.”
“And he’s doing Happy Gilmore 2. How amazing is that?”
Given that Happy Gilmore is a classic Sandler film, will Schneider be part of the sequel?
“We’ll see,” he hinted.
Schneider also praised Sandler’s career, noting that “he’s just getting started.”
“It’s beautiful. Him doing Hustle was great, and Uncut Gems is great. … He’s working with really, really talented people.”
“He’s got a new movie coming out with George Clooney for Netflix. It’s been a wonderful, great experience for him and a great deal for Netflix to get the biggest movie star in the world on there.”
What a heartwarming friendship to aspire to!
Regarding the latest film, Sandler shared with PEOPLE his excitement about making the sequel, saying: “I’m more than excited, probably the most excited I’ve been in many years to shoot something.”
“We worked hard trying to write something that we thought people would have a good time with.”