As we be taught increasingly about Happy Gilmore 2, Adam Sandler has simply spilled the beans (er, mother’s spaghetti?) on certainly one of its huge cameos — along with when it’d launch, having simply accomplished filming.
Sandler lately referred to as into The Dan Patrick Show for a fast chat, the place he caveated that he could not say a lot in regards to the upcoming sequel. “They’re going to yell at me it doesn’t matter what, as a result of they requested me to not do any press,” he stated.
Still, host Dan Patrick pressed additional, seeing if he may discuss a few of the cameos in Happy Gilmore 2, particularly Eminem’s.
“Okay sure, sure!” Sandler enthusiastically answered. Patrick tried to get extra data on the character of the cameo, however Sandler stopped in need of providing specifics.
“I’ve recognized Eminem for a very long time and he is a terrific man,” Sandler stated. “And he got here in and was humorous as hell and was simply — I feel we simply frolicked a day with Eminem, and we simply shot and shot and it was insane. He stated one million issues we will use and one million issues the place we’re glad we’ve them on tape.”
Funny sufficient, this is not even the primary Sandler movie to have Eminem present up. The rapper beforehand made a particularly standout appearance in Sandler’s 2009 film Funny People.
Sandler additionally confirmed that {golfing} legend Jack Nicklaus will seem within the movie, along with plenty of different well-known golfers that he did not reveal.
Patrick went on to inform Sandler that he heard a rumor that the movie was aiming for a March or April launch, presumably to coincede with the Masters Tournament. Sander stated that wasn’t true, and whereas he would not know “100%,” he focused “round July,” revealing that it had simply completed filming that day.
“Not July 4th, however we’re making an attempt to get it carried out in time for July,” he stated. “You by no means know what is going on to occur.”
We first realized that Happy Gilmore 2 was within the works again in March earlier than Netflix introduced in May that it had formally order the sequel. Arriving almost 30 years after the primary movie, it is being directed by Kyle Newacheck from a script by Sandler and Tim Herlihy. Ben Stiller, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, and Dennis Dugan will all be a part of Sandler in reprising their roles within the sequel.
For extra on Sandler, try our evaluation of his newest Netflix stand-up particular, Love You, which we referred to as “foolish, sentimental, and one other third-act slam dunk for Adam Sandler.”
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