Later this week, "Happy Gilmore 2" will release worldwide on Netflix. One look at the trailers for the highly anticipated sequel shows a star-studded film that took years to produce, and Adam Sandler is revealing just how long the wait truly was.

Adam Sandler has revealed that the sequel to Happy Gilmore had to be rewritten following the death of his co-star Carl Weathers. The Rocky and Predator star died last year, at the age of 76. He famously played Chubbs Peterson, the mentor to Sandler’s Gilmore, in the much-loved 1996 golf comedy.