Adam Sandler said he had to rewrite Happy Gilmore 2 following Carl Weathers ‘ death. The actor and comedian, who is reprising his role as Happy Gilmore in the sequel to his beloved 1996 sports comedy, recently told Collider that Weathers’ Derick “Chubbs” Peterson was planning to return for the new movie before he died last year at age 76 .

Adam Sandler is disappointed that one very important part of "Happy Gilmore" will not be happening for the sequel coming to Netflix on July 25.

Carl Weathers had a massive part,” Adam Sandler, 58, revealed in a new interview with Collider. “I would talk to Carl, and we were excited, and then Carl passed away.” Carl Weathers, Adam Sandler in “Happy Gilmore.

After Carl Weathers' death at age 76 last year, 'Happy Gilmore 2' had to undergo a rewrite to account for his absence.

“Carl Weathers had a massive part,” Sandler, 58, confirmed. Weathers, who died at age 76 on Feb. 1, 2024, played the one-handed Derick "Chubbs" Peterson — mentor to Sandler’s titular hockey player-turned-golfer — in the 1996 sports comedy.

Richard Kiel, an iconic Bond villain who portrayed a giant Happy Gilmore fan who intimidates rival Shooter McGavin in the first film, is honored by having his character's son appear in the sequel. Kiel died at 74 in 2014.

While Happy Gilmore 2 didn't exactly go through "development hell" like so many other movies have through the years, there was one unfortunate setback that forced filmmaker Adam Sandler to make sweeping changes mid-production.

The original movie, whose sequel is hitting Netflix nearly 30 years later, was inspired by a childhood friend of Adam Sandler.

Nearly three decades after “Happy Gilmore” teed off on the big screen, Adam Sandler is back as the hockey player-turned-golfer in the highly anticipated sequel, “Happy Gilmore 2,” streaming on Netflix starting July 25.

A Happy Gilmore sequel was released on Netflix on Friday and fans have been left in stitches thanks to a surprise cameo.