Since Happy Gilmore succeeded in the big screen in 1996 with its wild swing and its short temperament, a suite seemed to be buried in crude.
But Adam Sandler’s reluctance for a suite has not dissuaded Christopher McDonald – the actor who plays the shooter of popular villain Uber McGavin. McDonald kept the personality of his character alive on X with a biography that reads
“I have been campaigning for about 29 years to do this thing,” he told ESPN.
But the star actor did not move.
“For 28 years, I said to myself:” What are you talking about? No “,” Sandler recently said “Good Morning America”. “And all of a sudden, I said to myself:” Maybe. “”
“He says:” I do not make any consequences “, then he starts to do like” Grown Up 2 “and I went:” AHEM “. DRESS this, “said McDonald.” There is so much life. “
Finally, Shooter’s swings found green.
More than 10,500 days since the original, “Happy Gilmore 2” was released on Friday on Netflix, full of star came up and all the sensations of the first film. This time, Bad Bunny joins the cast as a new Happy caddy, while Gilmore ends alongside golf stars such as the double champion of masters Scottie Scheffler and the double winner of the PGA Justin Thomas championship.
Putts are made. Caddies are strangled. Happy places are used again.
“It made a lot of laughter and joy to people over the years. It is the blessing of a film like this. And I do not think, as I say, we expected. It’s just that way,” said McDonald. “And on the moon to be happy to make a sequel when people love the film so much. And I think we stayed faithful to the first.”
Director Kyle Newacheck was 12 years old when the original film was released and was “very, very nervous” about revising the film.
“I really don’t think there is to say how many times I have watched it,” Newacheck told ESPN.
He put an additional work so that the golf scenes feel authentic. He said that he knew the golf course “of the length of an arm” and had relied on his first deputy director, David Bernstein, who played frequently. Dan Baker, a member of almost 17 years of PGA of America, was also on the set, guiding Newacheck on the appearance of golf on the screen.
“I looked at a lot of sequences and I sort of broken the way they pulled it, and fortunately, a lot of ours had to seem to be on television,” Newacheck told Espn. “So, I could almost imitate the way they turned it on television with movie cameras.”
He focused on how television shows have used zoom and supervised shots, reproducing these techniques to help Sandler perform as if he were playing in a PGA television event. The cameraman PGA Will Baker helped make the zooms of a thousand millimeters used during the tournaments work to follow the ball.
“We would have thousands of people by applauding and screaming for Happy Gilmore. The golfer and cameras are set up as they set up during a PGA event …,” said Newacheck. “It was really as if we were part of the sports broadcast for a while.”
Baker died tragically in December in a car accident.
Sandler, who was not available to be interviewed for this story, revealed to “Entertainment Tonight” that the idea of the suite only surfaced about two years ago. The rumors of a follow -up began to swirl in March 2024, when McDonald told a radio program on a recent meeting with Sandler.
McDonald said that Sandler invited him to his show “Adam Sandler: Love You” and called him behind the scenes after performance.
“I go behind the scenes, he says:” Wait, wait, you’re going to love it. Shoot, come here. “Shows me the first page of the new script,” recalls McDonald. “I say to myself:” Are you kidding? Do you tell me that we finally do this thing? “”
Netflix confirmed in May 2024 that “Happy Gilmore 2” was in preparation, McDonald and Julie Bowen winning their roles.
“It’s simply fantastic,” Bowen told ESPN about going back to Virginia Venit’s shoes. “It’s just like getting home.”
Sandler’s wife and two girls also appear in the film. The actors of the original who have died since – including Carl Weathers and Bob Barker – are stored on the screen.
Sandler said to and that the story focuses on “an sportsman who has aged and suffered a sorrow to try to come back to what he likes”.
A trailer for the film shows Sandler who embarks on his return. While looking at the best golf to take the tee, he says: “I’m a little intimidated. All these guys hit big now.”
In four consecutive shots, three of the most important names in golf are presented: Rory McILroy, Scheffler and Bryson Dechambeau. In the next scene, Sandler is looking for the advice of another golf legend, John Daly. The winner of the 1995 open championship lives in Sandler’s basement in the film and was “really important” in the family scenes, according to Newacheck.
The five -second sequence highlights a possible reality of “Happy Gilmore 2” – Sandler is perhaps not the most famous member of distribution.
“Every day, someone cool and hanging out,” he said.
Like any film, the team assessed interest and availability. The cameos were planned around these windows – a “enormous process,” said Newacheck.
The actors credited with the film include a Who’s Who of Golfing Legends. Lee Trevino, Fred Couples – who consumes several blueberries in the film – Corey Pavin and Jack Nicklaus are part of a group of the biggest names in the game sitting together in a scene.
At one point, Nicklaus asks for a “half -ice tea and a half boundary” of a server – played by the star of the Chiefs of Kansas City, Travis Kelce.
“Arnold Palmer,” replied Kelce, referring to the famous drink named after the golf icon. “No, no, no Jack Nicklaus, but I understand a lot,” replies Nicklaus.
The cast also includes current golf stars such as Keegan Bradley, Xander Schauffele and Jordan Spieth, who complains to Bad Bunny – the casting of Gilmore’s Caddy and a server – which he received the bad drink.
“It was a big problem to get these guys, and they all intensified and did an excellent job and lent their time,” said McDonald. “And it was really a blessing for the film because it makes it so much richer, and now I can call them my friends, which is great.”
He also made transparent golf scenes.
“To see the way they swing the clubs, oh my God, they can kill him,” said McDonald. “It’s so direct and so on, I say to myself:” Ok, I’m not worthy. You govern guys. “Incredibly good.”
Outside the course, the celebrity cast brought its own flair.
The rappers Eminem, Kid Cudi, Cam’ron and Post Malone all appear, with Guy Fieri, Alix Earle, Sean Evans, the star of the WNBA Kelsey Plum and the former winner of Heisman Reggie Bush.
Eminem’s Camée scene was a challenge, said Newacheck, but he “played wonderfully”. Another musician stood out in McDonald.
“I really think Bad Bunny was hysterical,” he said. “He is incredible, but he did so in such a way that made him steal certain scenes.”
The return to the world of Happy Gilmore brought a wave of nostalgia not only for fans, but also for the actors and the team. For many, being on the set alongside the biggest icons and legends of the golf comedy was a surrealist experience that highlighted the cultural power of the film.
This feeling was underlined when McDonald visited the whole for the first time. He had not shot a stage, but as the crew worked on a lighting configuration, he saw an opportunity and walked in a room filled with golf royalty.
To his surprise, the legends treated him like the icon.
Nicklaus began to carry out the popular celebration of McDonald’s, “Going Shooter with arms,” said McDonald. Sir Nick Faldo also tried to remove it. The youngest golfers were visibly delighted when they saw McDonald.
“Everyone was in this happy mood, so when they saw the shooter, they just made me feel welcome … I will never forget it,” said McDonald. “It was just a really great moment, really great.”
The reactions speaks volumes about what the film has mean over the years, especially for players who live golf dreams that the film has once made more than life.
Scheffler said it was part of the golf cultivation “for sure”. Thomas described his participation as “very cool experience”. Tony Finau, another member of the suite, added that he seemed to be surreal.
“I think” Happy Gilmore “is one of the biggest comedies of all time,” said Finau. “To be part of the continuation, it is not even a dream come true because I have not even dreamed that something could happen.”
The heritage of the film is what made a sequel feels like the right movement almost three decades later. The original film has brought in more than $ 38 million with a budget of $ 12 million, according to the Mojo box office, but its true value is measured by the way it resonates with the public through generations.
Bowen cannot treat what the film has evolved. For her, “Happy Gilmore” is “Papa Proof, it is proof of children”, emphasizing its cultural importance.
“Nothing is dad and children,” she said. “It’s breathtaking, and I’m so lucky to be part of it.”
The continuation pays tribute to this multigenic attraction while honoring what preceded. McDonald’s campaign has borne fruit, resulting in an “incredible” experience for the 70 -year -old actor.
“I was so happy to be part of it,” said McDonald. “It just means that we may be able to have a massive blow on our hands.”
What could be more appropriate? Perhaps a gold jacket.
