Adam Sandler mentioned he needed to rewrite Comfortable Gilmore 2 following Carl Weathers‘ loss of life.
The actor and comic, who’s reprising his position as Comfortable Gilmore within the sequel to his beloved 1996 sports activities comedy, lately advised Collider that Weathers’ Derick “Chubbs” Peterson was planning to return for the brand new film earlier than he died final 12 months at age 76.
“We had a painful change. Carl Weathers had a large half,” Sandler shared. “I’d speak to Carl, and we have been excited, after which Carl handed away. We needed to rewrite lots of the stuff, and even what the story was. We made lots of good references to how nice Chubbs was within the film. That was the most important change.”
Sandler added that in preliminary drafts of the sequel’s script, Chubbs had a a lot bigger presence. “Within the first model that we got here up with, he had a son,” he mentioned. “He was coming again to me lots in my desires, and he had a son who was mad at Comfortable for inflicting the loss of life of daddy.”
Weathers performed Chubbs, a professional golfer who’s pressured to retire after his hand is bitten off by an alligator, having to make use of a picket hand, in 1996’s Comfortable Gilmore.
Comfortable Gilmore 2, directed by Kyle Newacheck, premieres on Netflix on July 25. Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen and Ben Stiller additionally reprised their roles from the unique movie, whereas new castmembers embody Dangerous Bunny, Margaret Qualley, Benny Safdie, Travis Kelce and Kym Whitley.
Following Weathers’ loss of life, Sandler took to social media to pay tribute to his former co-star. “A real nice man. Nice dad. Nice actor. Nice athlete,” he wrote on the time. “A lot enjoyable to be round at all times. Good as hell. Loyal as hell. Humorous as hell. Beloved his sons greater than something. What a man!!”
