Julie Bowen is shocked that she’s making her return as Virginia Venit in “Happy Gilmore 2.” “I didn’t think they’d bring me back at all,” the actress, 55, revealed to Michael Rosenbaum on Tuesday’s episode of his “Inside of You” podcast.

While Julie Bowen joins Adam Sandler in the upcoming Happy Gilmore 2, she initially thought she wouldn’t be asked back for the Happy Gilmore sequel due to her age.

"I mean, who am I supposed to be? He's got to have a younger woman in this one, ‘Happy Gilmore 2.'" In the 1996 original, Bowen played Virginia Venit, a rep for the professional golf tour Happy joins.