Nearly three decades after the release of Happy Gilmore , a sequel is on the way — and co-star Julie Bowen is still surprised she was asked to return.

The first film follows Adam Sandler ‘s unlikely golf hero Happy, with Bowen as Virginia Venit, the pro golf tour PR director who serves as Happy’s love interest . The official trailer for Happy Gilmore 2 was released at Netflix’s Tudum event on Saturday, as Bowen told The Hollywood Reporter when she heard it was happening, “I thought, ‘Well I won’t be in it.'”

“And that was OK — it was like Virginia Venit, it’s been 30 years, he’s got a hottie. He’s got some little bitty on the side, like a cart girl,” she said of her assumptions of Sandler’s character. “As a matter of fact my children told me, before I was even told offici

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