The Emmy winner spoke with PEOPLE exclusively about reprising her role as Virginia Venit in the 'Happy Gilmore' sequel, nearly 30 years after the original

Richard Kiel, an iconic Bond villain who portrayed a giant Happy Gilmore fan who intimidates rival Shooter McGavin in the first film, is honored by having his character's son appear in the sequel. Kiel died at 74 in 2014.

After dropping Vienna off at the airport, Happy looks up at the sky and sees Virginia (as well as Bob Barker) once again. “You’re okay,” she says, and he mouths a kiss to his dead wife. Happy’s finally ready to move forward with his life, golf clubs and all.

When Happy Gilmore 2 was being developed at Netflix, Julie Bowen did not expect to reprise her role in the sequel. Bowen, who played Adam Sandler’s love interest in Happy Gilmore, believed that her age disqualified her for the sequel. “I didn’t think they’d bring me back at all,” Bowen said on a recent episode of […] The post Happy Gilmore 2’s Julie Bowen Thought She’d Be ...

Julie Bowen returns as Virginia Venit in 'Happy Gilmore 2' after fearing she'd be replaced by a younger star, sharing her surprise and excitement on the 'Inside of You' podcast.

When Netflix dropped the official Happy Gilmore 2 trailer at the Tudum event, fans of the original were thrilled to see Julie Bowen reprise her role as Virginia Venit. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.

Adam Sandler and Julie Bowen will be reprising their roles of Happy Gilmore and Virginia Venit, whom they portrayed in the original 1996 sports comedy. The sequel takes.

Leave it to Adam Sandler to pull off a major twist no one saw coming. Nearly 20 years after the release of Happy Gilmore, Sandler and many familiar faces returned for Happy Gilmore 2, which premiered July 25 on Netflix.

Bowen reprises her character, Virginia Venit, in the comedy classic's second installment. Within the first four minutes of the film, Venit — who's since married Happy, welcomed five kids together and started a family — gets killed off, a tragedy caused by her husband.