Paul Wight Thought Jim Duggan Would Get Captain Insano Role In ‘The Waterboy’

Paul Wight had plenty of memorable moments in wrestling, but outside of wrestling, he is perhaps best known for his role as Captain Insano in “The Waterboy.”

Wight played a pro wrestler who made fun of Adam Sandler’s character, who called in to speak to him.

Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Wight spoke about the role.

“One take, and that was just me blatantly ripping off Hulk because I wasn’t even going to do it. They were doing interviews at Orlando and I heard Jim Duggan had gone and read for it. I was like, Oh, well, Duggan will get it. He’s amazing. Captain Insano, Jim Duggan, yeah, he’ll get it. Then the casting director, she saw me, ‘Would you please just come read?’ I was like, Sure, okay. So I just took the verbiage and did Hogan, ripped him off, and then she said, ‘Oh, my God, that’s what we’re looking for. That’s it. Congratulations. You’re Captain Insano.’ I’m like, Okay, what did I just do? I didn’t know. Funny thing about Adam Sandler, too, that whole group, his whole crew, dude, they’re so amazing. They were so nice to me and Adam’s mom. I would run into them at the Super Bowl, this little Jewish lady comes up and she grabs my hand and she says, ‘You’re in a movie with my son.’ I said ‘I was?’ [She said] ‘Yes, yes, my son, Adam.’ Oh, you’re Adam Sandler’s mom. Yes, ma’am, I sure was. ‘You’ve got to come say hello to Adam.’ So she held me by my hand and took me over to where Adam’s people were at the Super Bowl, nd she’s like, ‘This is Adam’s big friend Paul. He’s a pro wrestler.’ But she was so darn sweet, you know? Adam was like, Hey, man. I said, Dude, it’s awesome. But all those guys were super cool. That was a great, great moment, and then I did Jingle All the Way,'” he said.

Wight has brought Captain Insano to AEW during his time with the company.

Elsewhere during the interview, Wight commented on his future in AEW. You can find his full comments here.