Adam Sandler kept it casual, as usual, on Monday.
The 58-year-old actor donned a comfortable summer ensemble as he walked the red carpet in New York City for the premiere of his new Netflix film, Happy Gilmore 2.
The comedy staple was clad in a yellow Hawaiian shirt with purple blue and green highlights, peach shorts and blue-gray sneakers with white crew socks.
The Brooklyn, New York native reprises the titular role for the sequel, which comes nearly three decades after the original film arrived in theaters in February of 1996.
The Saturday Night Live alum supported a full beard on the summer night in the Big Apple as he made his way to the proceedings with his spouse, Jackie, 50.
Monday’s premiere was a bittersweet one, as the sequel to the 1996 sports film had to be rewritten following the February 2024 death of actor Carl Weathers.
Adam Sandler, 58, donned a comfortable summer ensemble as he walked the red carpet in New York City for the premiere of his new Netflix film, Happy Gilmore 2
The Brooklyn, New York native reprises the titular role for the sequel, which comes nearly three decades after the original film arrived in theaters in February of 1996
Weathers portrayed the role of Derick ‘Chubbs’ Peterson in the original, and ‘had a massive part’ in the sequel, Sandler told Collider, leading to a ‘a painful change’ in the script following his death.
‘I would talk to Carl, and we were excited, and then Carl passed away,’ Sandler said. ‘We had to rewrite a lot of the stuff, and even what the story was.
‘We made a lot of nice references to how great Chubbs was in the movie. That was the biggest change.’
Sandler said that Weathers’ role was expanded in initial drafts, and characters were added to bolster his presence in the sequel.
‘In the first version that we came up with, he had a son,’ Sandler said. ‘He was coming back to me a lot in my dreams, and he had a son who was mad at Happy for causing the death of daddy.’
While Sandler‘s character was a hockey player turned golfer, Weathers’ character was a golfer who had to retire following an accident involving an alligator; and would go on to play with a wooden hand.
Sandler said it was bittersweet to forge on in the project following the death of actor Carl Weathers portrayed the role of Derick ‘Chubbs’ Peterson in the original, in February 2024
The Saturday Night Live alum made his way to the proceedings with his spouse, Jackie, 50
The veteran funnyman reprises the title role of the hockey player-turned-golfer 29 years later
Sandler paid memorial to Weathers via social media at the time of his passing, calling the football player-turned-actor a great man, dad, actor and athlete.
Sandler said Weathers, who also played Apollo Creed in the Rocky films, was ‘so much fun to be around always.’
He continued, ‘Smart as hell. Loyal as hell. Funny as hell. Loved his sons more than anything. What a guy!! Everyone loved him. My wife and I had the best times with him every time we saw him.
Sandler wrapped up in saying, ‘Love to his entire family and Carl will always be known as a true legend.’
The Uncut Gems star shared a laugh with rapper Kid Cudi, who has a role in the movie
Kid Cudi was clad in a black leather jacket over a patterned shirt with denim shorts at the event
Margaret Qualley looked stylish in a black two-piece ensemble with heels as she walked the red carpet
Hollywood legend Goldie Hawn donned a blue print dress with her hair down as she walked the red carpet
The sequel, directed by Kyle Newacheck, brings back the original cast members Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen and Ben Stiller.
The new film also features stars such as Margaret Qualley, Eminem, Bad Bunny, Paige Spiranac and Adam’s daughter Sunny Sandler playing his storyline daughter, Vienna Gilmore.
Sadly, other original cast members who have died in the near-30 years since the release of the original include Bob Barker, who died at 99 in August of 2023; Frances Bay, who died in September of 2011 at 92; and actor Richard Kiel, who died at 74 in 2014.
Happy Gilmore 2 begins streaming on Netflix July 25.
