Adam Sandler, who is all set to release the sequel Happy Gilmore 2, recently opened up in an interview with Collider about the grave impact of losing late actor Carl Weathers, who had essayed the role ...

“Carl Weathers had a massive part.” The 58-year-old former Saturday Night Live star continued: “I would talk to Carl, and we were excited, and then Carl passed away.

“Carl Weathers had a massive part,” Sandler, 58, confirmed. Weathers, who died at age 76 on Feb. 1, 2024, played the one-handed Derick "Chubbs" Peterson — mentor to Sandler’s titular hockey ...

He was 76. Carl Weathers arrives at a special screening for the season three premiere of "The Mandalorian" on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at The Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

Adam Sandler shares details about Carl Weathers' initial role for Happy Gilmore 2, and how his death led to some changes to the sequel's story.

Adam Sandler is disappointed that one very important part of "Happy Gilmore" will not be happening for the sequel coming to ...

Weathers, who died at age 76 on Feb. 1, 2024, played the one-handed Derick "Chubbs" Peterson — mentor to Sandler’s titular hockey player-turned-golfer — in the 1996 sports comedy.

Adam Sandler shares how Carl Weathers’ death led to major changes in 'Happy Gilmore 2,' where the late actor was set for a significant role.

Carl Weathers, who died Thursday at age 76, made his name as the formidable boxing adversary Apollo Creed in the Rocky films. But it was his career pivot with the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy Happy ...

The late Carl Weathers costarred with Adam Sandler in 1996’s Happy Gilmore Before Weathers’ death in February 2025, he had a “massive part” in the upcoming sequel, Sandler told Collider ...