Travis Kelce Set to Star in ‘Happy Gilmore’ Sequel

Rumors have been swirling that NFL star Travis Kelce is perhaps becoming a member of Adam Sandler within the much-anticipated “Completely satisfied Gilmore” sequel.

Because the long-awaited follow-up to the 1996 comedy movie gears as much as movie in New Jersey, it’s anticipated to incorporate a forged of actual skilled golfers and a few shock cameos, in response to Sandler.

After all, one identify that has been talked about is Travis Kelce, as he’s a golf fanatic. The truth is, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs participant dropped hints in regards to the film sequel throughout a Might episode of his podcast, “New Heights.”

Months later, Adam Sandler confirmed that Travis Kelce would star in “Completely satisfied Gilmore 2.”

Adam Sandler dropped the information on the August 20 episode of “The Tonight Present with Jimmy Fallon,” teasing that the 34-year-old NFL star has a “good one thing” lined up within the upcoming movie.

“[Kelce] has talked about it and so we’ve got a pleasant one thing for Travis. He’s going to come back by,” Sandler advised Fallon, noting that the footballer is a “very good man.”

“You guys would love him in actual life. What a giant, good-looking man,” the actor added. “He is a stud and he is so humorous.”

Sandler, who’s again because the lead actor and co-writer, spilled that production kicks off in a “couple weeks” in New Jersey. He additionally shared that he and co-writer Tim Herlihy have been working tirelessly, saying, “We wrote our a–es off. We’re persevering with to attempt to make it a film that you just guys will like.”

Kelce can also be starring in Ryan Murphy’s FX collection “Grotesquerie” and the Lionsgate action-comedy movie “Free Cannons.”

Together with revealing that Kelce will make a cameo within the upcoming sequel, Sandler additionally mentioned the place manufacturing stands and what followers can anticipate.

“We’re going to do ‘Completely satisfied Gilmore,’ thanks. That is taking place,” Sandler stated on the late-night speak present. “We’re on the brink of shoot it in New Jersey. We begin in a few weeks. It’s good. We labored exhausting on the script. We didn’t wish to let anyone down.”

“Folks have been asking me for a very long time. We’re actually enthusiastic about it,” he continued. “So most of the golfers are being good and might be part of it.”

Whereas discussing the information that the Completely satisfied Gilmore sequel is within the works, Kelce and his brother mulled over what function he may play.

“I’ll be a f–king additional… something to get round ‘Completely satisfied Gilmore,’ an Adam Sandler movie or set — depend me in,” Kelce stated, per Us Weekly. “I am going to do something within the film. I will be part of it any means I probably can.”

Earlier this yr, Sandler chatted with Folks Journal and couldn’t comprise his pleasure for the upcoming “Completely satisfied Gilmore” sequel.

“We labored exhausting making an attempt to jot down one thing that we thought folks would have a superb time with, and I am greater than excited, most likely probably the most excited I have been in a few years to shoot one thing,” he stated.

Sandler is teaming up with none aside from Josh Safdie, who might be directing the sequel. “He was very hands-on,” Sandler advised IndieWire. “Proper when he grew to become part of it, he had thought after thought, and I assumed I used to be simply going to do a normal stand-up particular. I had an act that I’ve been engaged on and all my stuff [prepped], after which Josh got here up with some concepts that have been totally different than that.”

“Completely satisfied Gilmore” is a 1996 sports activities comedy movie starring Adam Sandler within the title function. Due to its humor and Sandler’s efficiency, the movie was an enormous hit and has turn out to be a cult basic through the years.

Netflix confirmed it’ll produce “Completely satisfied Gilmore 2” in Might, stating that it’s “at the moment unclear how the movie will resurrect Gilmore’s golf profession, however one factor’s for certain: In the actual world, no less than, ‘Completely satisfied Gilmore’ is a legend.”

Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, and the late Carl Weathers additionally starred within the movie, but it surely’s nonetheless up within the air whether or not they’ll be returning to their roles.