Yahoo Lifestyle Travis Kelce On Working With Adam Sandler For ‘Happy Gilmore’ Sequel: “That Was A Dream Come True”
Travis Kelce is not only making another Super Bowl run with the Kansas City Chiefs in hopes of a three-peat but is also racking up his acting credits.
The NFL star is set to make an appearance opposite Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore 2 and recently opened up about what it was like to work with the comedian.
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“That was a dream come true,” Kelce said on The Pat McAfee Show. I thought SNL was going to be the peak of my acting and showman or entertainment career … working with Happy Gilmore himself, the Sandman and Happy Productions, it was off the chain.”
He continued, “They’re so professional and yet so fun to work with. I felt like I was working with like the Andy Reid of the acting world. [Sandler] is every bit as cool off the screen as he is on the screen. That was a dream come true. That was awesome.”
Kelce teased that he’s in “a few scenes” and “got a pretty hefty load,” filming his scenes during a bye week from his duties on the football field.
The tight end made his acting debut on the FX drama series Grotesquerie in the role of Ed Lachlan, sharing credits with Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, and many others.
Happy Gilmore 2 is a sequel to the 1996 comedy directed by Dennis Dugan. The film follows Happy Gilmore, an unsuccessful ice hockey player who discovers he has a talent for golf. Happy starts competing in golf tournaments to gather enough money to stop the foreclosure of his grandmother’s house.
Universal Pictures released the film, directed by Dennis Dugan, which grossed over $82 million worldwide and still holds a cult following. The original film also starred Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Frances Bay, Carl Weathers, Allen Covert, Kevin Nealon, Peter Kelamis, Richard Kiel, Dennis Dugan, Joe Flaherty, and Jared Snellenberg. Happy Gilmore also included cameos by Lee Trevino, Verne Lundquist, Mark Lye, Ben Stiller, and Bob Barker.
Watch a preview of Happy Gilmore 2 in the video below.
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