Debi Mazar regrets turning down The Wedding Singer role 'to this day'

Debi Mazar will forever be singing the blues when it comes to turning down a certain movie role.

During a surprise appearance on Friday's episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, the actress revealed that she passed on playing the supporting role of Holly Sullivan, cousin to female lead Julia, in the 1998 rom-com The Wedding Singer — and she's regretted it ever since. 

"I wanted to do The Wedding Singer, and I got the part, and I was so excited because I really was such a huge fan of Adam [Sandler]," Mazar explained in a video call with host Drew Barrymore and guests Christine Taylor and David Lascher. "And then my agent said, you know, 'Don't do it, you're not getting paid the right amount of money.' And I was like, wait, what?"

In the end, Mazar turned it down "only because my agent told me, 'Just, just hang on, don't do it,'" and Taylor was instead cast as Holly.

"I regret it to this day," Mazar said. "I apologized to Adam Sandler, I said, 'Oh my God, I was so young. My agent told me the wrong information.' I ended up firing my agent after that, obviously. And so I'm happy for you [Taylor]. To this day I have such regret, because I so wanted to do that movie, and I just was young and made a stupid decision."

The character of Holly plays a key role in The Wedding Singer, most notably when she informs Robbie (Sandler) that his crush Julia (Barrymore) is under the impression that he's gotten back together with his ex Linda (Angela Featherstone) and is jetting off to marry her evil fiancé, Glenn Gulia (Matthew Glave). Desperate to clear the air, Robbie rushes to the airport, purchases a ticket to Las Vegas, and gets help from the cabin crew (and Billy Idol!) to declare his love for Julia through song. 

Watch Mazar reflect on passing up the role in the video above.

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