Not every cast member could return for "Happy Gilmore 2." Here's what you need to know about Chubbs, who was played by Carl Weathers.

Happy Gilmore 2 finally arrived on Netflix this week, much to the delight of fans who have been waiting almost 30 years to see Adam Sandler reprise his role as the iconic angry golfer.

Adam Sandler said he had to rewrite Happy Gilmore 2 following Carl Weathers’ death. The actor and comedian who is reprising his role as Happy Gilmore in the sequel to his beloved 1996 sports comedy recently told Collider that Weathers’ Derick "Chubbs" Peterson was planned to return for the new movie before he died last year at age 76.

In 1996’s “Happy Gilmore,” Weathers played the golf mentor to Sandler’s Happy Gilmore. Sandler told Collider that Chubbs had a bigger part in the sequel when they were drafting the initial scripts.

After Carl Weathers' death at age 76 last year, 'Happy Gilmore 2' had to undergo a rewrite to account for his absence.

“Carl Weathers had a massive part,” Sandler, 58, confirmed. Weathers, who died at age 76 on Feb. 1, 2024, played the one-handed Derick "Chubbs" Peterson — mentor to Sandler’s titular hockey player-turned-golfer — in the 1996 sports comedy.

In a new interview, Adam Sandler has revealed that Carl Weathers was due to have a "major part" in 'Happy Gilmore 2' before his death changed things.

Adam Sandler, who is all set to release the sequel Happy Gilmore 2, recently opened up in an interview with Collider about the grave impact of losing late actor Carl Weathers, who had essayed the role

Happy Gilmore 2 finally landed on Netflix this week, but not everyone was able to return for the long-awaited sequel, including the late Carl Weathers.