After Carl Weathers‘ death at age 76 last year, Happy Gilmore 2 had to undergo a rewrite to account for his absence. Ahead of the long-awaited sequel, which premieres July 25 on Netflix, Adam Sandler noted there were plans to have the actor reprise his role as Happy’s golf coach and mentor Chubbs Peterson from

Adam Sandler is still disappointed that one very important part of “Happy Gilmore” will sadly not be happening for the sequel coming to Netflix on July 25. A “massive part” was planned for Carl Weathers,

Before Weathers’ death in February 2025, he had a “massive part” in the upcoming sequel, Sandler told Collider “We had to rewrite a lot of the stuff, and even what the story was,” said the writer-star Carl Weathers was to feature significantly in Happy Gilmore 2 before he passed away,