Six years after his death, Cameron Boyce was reunited with his on-screen dad for a fleeting moment in Adam Sandler’s new movie. Boyce, who died in 2019, played Sandler’s son Keithie in the movie Grown Ups. Boyce was a Disney child star known for his roles in the shows Jessie and Descendants. He died at 20 of a sudden epileptic seizure. Boyce appears at the beginning of the new movie, when Sandler approaches a golfing check-in counter, where two desk clerks watch Boyce act in an episode of Jessie. Fans took to social media to express their surprise. “Adam Sandler subtly including Cameron Boyce in Happy Gilmore 2 is hurting and healing my heart at the same time,” one X user wrote. Sandler took to Twitter to express his grief after news of Boyce’s death broke. “Too young. Too sweet. Too funny. Just the nicest, most talented, and most decent kid around. Loved that kid,” he wrote. This is not the first time a Sandler movie has paid tribute to Boyce; the 2020 film Hubie Halloween, which was meant to feature the late Disney star, included a dedication to Boyce in the credits.
Adam put a tiny Cameron Boyce (played his son in Grown Ups) tribute in Happy Gilmore 2. Excuse me while I sob 😭 pic.twitter.com/utEsiE6sSV
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