Adam Sandler's family stars in Happy Gilmore 2
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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.
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Happy Gilmore 2,” which began streaming on Netflix on June 25, packs a U.S. Open gallery’s worth of cameos in the sequel to the 1996 classic about a hockey player turned unorthodox golfer. Professional golfers,
Considering past misbegotten sequels to Adam Sandler movies like Grown Ups 2 and Murder Mystery 2, I am not quite sure why it took the star three long decades to fire up one for arguably his best comedy and most memorable character,