Julie Bowen, Happy Gilmore
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From golf clubs to finger guns, "Happy Gilmore 2" stars Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald revisit a classic for new Netflix sequel.
Bowen, 55, has looked back on her upbringing with a real estate developer father who taught her a "golden rule" about success.
Bowen reprises her character, Virginia Venit, in the comedy classic's second installment. Within the first four minutes of the film, Venit — who's since married Happy, welcomed five kids together and started a family — gets killed off, a tragedy caused by her husband.
Meanwhile, Sandler and Bowen reacted to Bowen’s shocking “Happy Gilmore 2” death during an interview with Entertainment Weekly published shortly after the movie’s release. The “Modern Family” star suggested that her character needed to die to drive Happy and the events of the film.
After the buzz surrounding Sydney Sweeney potentially taking over Julie Bowen’s role in Happy Gilmore 2 was put to rest, the popular actress had no problem joking about the topic. She also offered high praise to Sweeney,
The opening minutes of the long-awaited Happy Gilmore sequel reveal a legacy character has been shockingly killed off.
And then there's Happy Gilmore 2. Leave it to Adam Sandler, perhaps the most beloved American entertainer this side of Mickey Mouse and Tom Hanks, to putt the golf ball through the most byzantine mini-golf fun house from Hell and nail the shot to keep himself under par.
Adam Sandler's 'Happy Gilmore 2' is officially out on Netflix, and the film has fans living for the nostalgia.