Adam Sandler celebrates the Happy Gilmore 2 The team swings that helped deliver the biggest American opening weekend of all time for a Netflix film.
The suite of director Kyle Newacheck at the 1996 beloved golf comedy began to broadcast strong figures on Friday, because the film was n ° 1 on the list of English stream films and marked the highest beginnings for a Sandler’s functionality by collecting 46.7 million views in its first three days, according to Netflix. In addition, Netflix also reports that the original of Universal HAPPY Gilmore The film had 11.4 million views, landing it at n ° 3 on the platform film table.
During a conversation with The Hollywood ReporterSandler and the co-series Tim Herlihy discuss the decision to have a happy agreement with a tragic loss; The sincere movie tribute to Sandler Adults Co-Star Cameron Boyce, who died of an epilepsy crisis at the age of 20; And the luck of the future Sandler suites.
Adam Sandler HAPPY GILMORE 2.
With the kind authorization of Netflix
How do you feel to get this answer to the film?
Sandler We could not be happier. This is something that I cannot describe. I’m just walking on the street, hearing people talking about it before he even knows – we were like something fun that happens here. We went, it was nothing of what we thought, to have one of the best moments of our career together, feeling the pleasure of all this.
You generally avoided the consequences, at least until Adults 2. Given the pressure to relaunch a beloved character, did this new iteration accomplish what you wanted?
Sandler Herlihy, what do you think?
Herlihy We made this film for the Sickos who loved the first film. Seeing how the first film is on Netflix – it’s going well too. People have really adopted it as a continuation of history.
Are there other films that could get a sequel?
HerlihY It throws him open. Obviously, many of our older films, we have lost the members of Castmembers, as in it, and sometimes it is difficult to imagine doing it without them. Certainly not sure you want to be simply following the films. (Laughter.) But the answer to this and the way people adopted it makes it definitively more exciting, if we were to do.
[The following question contains a spoiler for Happy Gilmore 2.]
The film includes an amazing revelation for the character of Julie Bowen, Virginia. Was it a difficult decision to make this choice with her?
Sandler We love Julie. It’s just a great atmosphere and a great person. We like to work with her, and we did the first and Halloween. We just knew that we needed happy to overcome something in this story. There is nothing more painful than losing someone you love. I just wanted to show how dedicated Happy was to the character of Julie, and he could never withdraw from it and the love he had for her. We just thought it was something to do with the new story where Happy is at his age. We are older now, so we have seen people go through things, and when you get older, this shit can happen – not in the same way that it happens in our film, but you lose people. It is difficult to treat it, and especially when you feel like you could be part of it, it is difficult to shake these things. So we thought it was interesting for Happy to have to think about it and come back to the game.
Herlihy Julie is one of the best train. We were really looking forward to seeing her and Chris [McDonald] and ben [Stiller]. It was therefore a real sacrifice, but as Adam said, the story asked in a way.
Were there moments or cameos that did not enter the finished film?
Herlihy I don’t want to be precise on any of the cameos. Some people have not succeeded, and some precious jokes did not succeed. To put it in a reasonable length, we had to cut certain things that worked, which is always difficult. It is easy to cut jokes that do not work, but it is difficult to cut the jokes that really mark, but do not fit in a cinema time.
Are we talking about bringing the character back to other projects or a third film?
Herlihy Not between me and Adam. I can say that we did not have a discussion on this subject. I didn’t even think about the intimacy of my own brain. I’m sure some people in the world talk about it. Never say, I suppose. We said we would never do Happy Gilmore 2And he is currently in trouble on Netflix, so you never know.
What made Cameron Boyce an appearance in the film?
Sandler I love this child. He was one of the gentle people I have ever met – just constantly in a good mood, constantly a great energy, loving everyone. He felt like a family member for us when we turned Adults. Of course, we were going to shoot Cameron on HalloweenAnd we were preparing to have a good time together, and we lost it. We think of him all the time. It was only a time when we said to ourselves, “What should we throw on television?” We said: “Cameron could also throw in it. He’s the man. Keep him to be part of our family.” And that’s why we did it.
