Drew Barrymore is looking for information on the alleged sequel to Happy Gilmore and Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore.
The actress and presenter, who is 49 years old, discussed recent allegations that her longtime buddy Sandler, who is 57 years old, “may have written the first draft for Happy Gilmore 2” on the episode of her morning talk show that aired on April 5. She went straight to her friend to inquire about the matter.
What are you trying to say? Barrymore made this statement during the program, referring to another of Sandler’s iconic comedy from the 1990s. “I want it, I need it, and I stayed up last night with my daughter watching Billy Madison,” she remarked. “I sent Sandler a video of that, and then he sent me another video back and I’m waiting to see if he’s confirming about the Happy Gilmore 2 script.”
Barrymore made a comment while she was waiting for Sandler’s reaction. She said that Christopher McDonald, who had a co-starring role in the golf comedy that was released in 1996, had recently stated that Sandler had presented him with a first draft of a screenplay for a Happy Gilmore sequel.
The next statement was made by Barrymore at a later time, apparently after she had received a reaction from Sandler himself. “So this just in, breaking news: I’ll just say this, from my source, that it is in process,” wrote Barrymore. “There is a process and that process is in process.”
In a recent interview that took place in March on Audacy’s 92.3 The Fan, McDonald, who is 69 years old, directly disclosed the information.
“Maybe you should cut that out because I don’t want to be a liar, but he did show me that, and I thought, ‘Wow, that would be awesome,'” he remarked after saying that Sandler had showed him the screenplay. “It would be awesome if you could cut that out.” “As a result, it is now being developed. Damn it, the fans are demanding it.
At the time, when PEOPLE attempted to contact a representative for Sandler, they did not have any remark to provide.
In the film Happy Gilmore, which Sandler co-wrote, produced, and acted in, he played the role of a hockey player from the New England region who quits playing hockey in order to take up golf as a method of earning money in order to save his grandmother’s house from going into foreclosure. He achieves success on the golf field by using a distinctive swing that is reminiscent of hockey and receiving instruction from a former professional, “Chubbs” Peterson (Carl Weathers). After joining a professional golf circuit, he falls into conflict with Shooter McGavin, who is the antagonist of McDonald’s films.
The cast of Happy Gilmore included, among others, Sandler, McDonald, and Weathers, who passed away in February at the age of 76. Other members of the cast were Julie Bowen, Frances Bay, Allen Covert, Kevin Nealon, and Joe Flaherty, who passed away on April 2 at the age of 82.
Flaherty, who portrayed a heckler hired by McGavin to knock Happy off his game in the movie, was described as “the nicest guy you could know” in a tribute that Sandler posted on Instagram after learning of Flaherty’s passing. Sandler said that Flaherty was “the nicest guy you could know.”
At the time of its premiere in 1996, Happy Gilmore grossed $38 million at the American box office; yet, it is not readily apparent what kind of narrative a prospective sequel might include.