Happy Gilmore 2 may be a hit, but Adam Sandler has addressed one of the film's controversial decision to kill off a major character.

Happy Gilmore 2' has finally arrived on Netflix, and within the first few minutes of the movie, Adam Sandler kills off one of the film's biggest characters.

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 planning to return for the new movie before he died last year at age 76 .