{"id":9922,"date":"2025-07-21T03:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T03:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/9922\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T03:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T03:34:13","slug":"happy-gilmore-2-adam-sandler-had-to-rewrite-script-following-death-of-carl-weathers-who-played-chubbs-peterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/9922\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Gilmore 2: Adam Sandler had to rewrite script following death of Carl Weathers, who played Chubbs Peterson"},"content":{"rendered":"

T\ufeffhe version of Happy Gilmore 2 Adam Sandler began working on in 2022 looked a lot different to what we will see on our screens come July 25.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Collider<\/a>, the comedian revealed that despite the death of Chubbs Peterson in the original film, the character was set to play a large role in the sequel.<\/p>\n

However, those plans were thwarted when Carl Weathers, the actor behind Chubbs Peterson, died in February 2024<\/a> of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"CarlCarl Weathers was originally set to return as Chubbs Peterson despite his characters death. (Universal Pictures)<\/p>\n

“We had a painful change. Carl Weathers had a massive part. I would talk to Carl, and we were excited, and then Carl passed away,” Sandler told the publication.<\/p>\n

He shared that not only did he and the team have to “rewrite a lot of the stuff”, they also had to reimagine the overall story.<\/p>\n

\ufeff”We made a lot of nice references to how great Chubbs was in the movie. That was the biggest change,” he said.<\/p>\n

While the character had originally passed away in the first film, Sandler had planned to bring Weathers back through a series of dream sequences and even introduce a new member of Chubbs’ family.<\/p>\n

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\ufeff”In the first version that we came up with, he had a son,” he shared of the original draft of the script.<\/p>\n

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“He was coming back to me a lot in my dreams, and he had a son who was mad at Happy for causing the death of daddy.”<\/p>\n

Before Weathers’ death, that storyline was ultimately cut from the script, \ufeffbut there was always the intention of having Chubbs return to the screen.<\/p>\n

\"AdamSandler had planned for Weathers to return through a series of dream sequences. (Universal Pictures)<\/p>\n

“You can’t make Happy Gilmore without Chubbs Peterson,” director Kyle Newacheck told Collider<\/a> in a separate interview back in April.<\/p>\n

“It doesn’t exist. You can be assured his spirit is throughout the film. He may not be by Happy’s side anymore, but he’s on his shoulder.”<\/p>\n

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Alongside Sandler returning as the iconic title-name character, other stars such as Julie Bowen, Ben Stiller and Christopher McDonald will also be reprising their roles.<\/p>\n

\"JulieJulie Bowen is one of several cast members set to reprise her role. (Netflix)<\/p>\n

\ufeffBack in May, McDonald \u2013 who stars as iconic villain Shooter McGavin \u2013 told 9honey Celebrity<\/a> the making the decision to return for the sequel took him as long as it takes to snap your fingers.<\/p>\n

“I was all in,” he assured us.<\/p>\n

“This movie has been the gift that keeps on giving to me and I always didn’t want to, you know, not be in the sequel … it took [Sandler] long enough!”<\/p>\n

The first film was released in 1996, and McDonald said that for the past 29 years he’s been “praying” the team would one day decide to revisit the story.<\/p>\n

\"ChristopherChristopher McDonald said there was no hesitation in returning for the film’s sequel. (Netflix)<\/p>\n

“\ufeffI would remind them every six to eight years going, ‘it’s time! What do you think?’<\/p>\n

“So they finally did it and I was over the moon happy and, having shot it now, I know it’s getting all put together in the editing process, and it’s gonna be a riot.”<\/p>\n

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