When news first broke that Adam Sandler was set to reprise his role as Happy Gilmore, I have to admit that ... mouthed for longer than I should've when they killed Julie Bowen's character Virginia Venit off within the first couple of minutes.

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.

This story discusses major plot developments in “Happy Gilmore 2,” currently streaming on Netflix. “Happy Gilmore” fans got quite the shock when Adam Sandler’s long-awaited sequel finally hit Netflix over the weekend.

Richard Kiel, an iconic Bond villain who portrayed a giant Happy Gilmore fan who intimidates rival Shooter McGavin in the first film, is honored by having his character's son appear in the sequel. Kiel died at 74 in 2014.

Happy Gilmore 2 brings back cinema’s favorite pro golfer as he faces a new set of challenges on and off the course.

Philip Fine Schneider (no, he's not related to Sandler pal Rob Schneider) makes his onscreen debut in Happy Gilmore 2 as Bobby Gilmore, the third son of Happy and Virginia. Before landing the role, Schneider was playing none other than Hamlet in a 2023 college production of the Shakespeare tragedy at Yale University.