Cameron Boyce’s reminiscence lives on.
Adam Sandler has paid tribute to his late “Grown Ups” co-star with a considerate scene in “Happy Gilmore 2,” which premiered on Netflix on Friday, July 25.
The blink-and-you-miss-it second comes early within the new sequel when Sandler’s titular character, Pleased Gilmore, approaches a check-in sales space earlier than beginning a spherical of golf.
Eagle-eyed viewers can discover that the Disney Channel present “Jessie,” which Boyce starred in as Luke Ross from 2011 to 2015, is enjoying on a small TV within the nook.
Much more stunning is that the TV is enjoying a scene that reveals Boyce’s character on the display screen.
“Adam Sandler including Cameron Boyce in Happy Gilmore 2 is hurting and healing my heart at the same time,” one individual captioned a clip of the touching second on TikTok.
“Lovely tribute to Cameron Boyce in Happy Gilmore 2,” one other viewer wrote. “We all miss you.”
“Love that he included him!” a 3rd fan added.
Boyce tragically handed away in July 2019 after struggling an epileptic seizure in his sleep. He was solely 20 years outdated.
Earlier than his stunning loss of life, the younger actor starred in “Jessie” and Disney’s fashionable “Descendants” franchise.
Boyce and Sandler first starred collectively as father-son duo Lenny and Keithie Feder in Sandler’s 2010 comedy “Grown Ups,” they usually later reunited for the film’s 2013 sequel, “Grown Ups 2.”
However “Happy Gilmore 2” isn’t the primary time that Sandler paid tribute to his late former co-star.
In 2020’s “Hubie Halloween,” the comic included a shoutout to Boyce midway by way of the movie’s finish credit.
“In loving memory of Cameron Boyce,” it learn. “Gone way too soon and one of the kindest, coolest, funniest, and most talented kids we knew. You live on forever in our hearts and are truly missed every day.”
A few of Boyce’s different co-stars just lately remembered the “Jessie” star, each for what would have been his twenty sixth birthday in Might and for the sixth anniversary of his passing earlier this month.
“I still feel you all the time. Catch you in the next life,” Dove Cameron wrote on Instagram on Might 28. “Happy birthday. I love you.”
“Our Angel,” his “Descendants” co-star Sofia Carson wrote on Instagram on Sunday, July 6. “Forever.”
“On a BC ferry headed to Victoria to shoot more of Descendants,” Booboo Stewart added in a separate put up. “Life is good. Miss you Cam.”
In the meantime, Sandler included a number of further nods to these he misses most in “Happy Gilmore 2.”
Carl Weathers, who was set to return as Derick “Chubbs” Peterson earlier than he handed away in February 2024, is remembered within the new sequel by way of a number of flashbacks to the 1996 unique.
Slim, a brand new character performed by Lavell Crawford, can also be launched as Chubbs’ prosthetic-hand-wearing son.
In the meantime, “Happy Gilmore 2” contains a number of stunning moments – together with the loss of life of 1 beloved character that has left followers outraged.
Selecting up almost 30 years after the occasions of the unique film, “Happy Gilmore 2” follows Sandler’s character as he unretires from skilled golf to boost cash for his daughter’s ballet courses.
Julie Bowen (Virginia Venit) and Christopher McDonald (Shooter McGavin) reprise their unique roles, and the film sees dozens of superstar cameos.
Plus, Sandler’s real-life spouse, Jackie Sandler, and real-life daughters, Sadie and Sunny Sandler, additionally seem.
“Happy Gilmore 2” is streaming now on Netflix.
