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“Happy Gilmore 2” is still casting NJ locals — with a catch. See the details.
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“Happy Gilmore 2” is still casting NJ locals — with a catch. See the details.

When I posted open call for extract from New Jersey in the upcoming movie “Happy Gilmore 2”, the response was huge.

If you missed the call, don’t worry – you can still make it to the movie with Adam Sandler.

The catch: You have to look like certain people from the first “Happy Gilmore.”

You happen to look alike Frances Baythe actor who played the grandmother in the 1996 comedy?

Maybe you look more like the “The Price is Right” host. Bob Barkerwhich famous argued with Happy Gilmore on the golf course in the first movie.

Or maybe you’re right for Richard Kielthe 7-foot-2 actor who played Mr. Larson.

READ MORE: See Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller (as Hal L.!) in ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ set in NJ

Otherwise, has anyone ever told you that you look like a rocker Tom Petty? (Although he’s not in the first film, he apparently has a role in the sequel.)

The Netflix production is looking for people to serve as stunt doubles for Bay, who died in 2011; Barker, who died in 2023; Kiel, who died in 2014; and Petty, who died in 2017.

from New York Casting Grant Wilfley requests that any interested person who has a likeness submit their information for consideration.

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Do you happen to look like Bob Barker, Frances Bay, Tom Petty or Richard Kiel?Universal Pictures; Jeff Kravitz | FilmMagic

All of the scenes in question are scheduled to be shot on December 5 in New Jersey.

Those who wish to apply can do so by submitting their name and phone number, photos of themselves and whether or not they are in the Screen Actors Guild, along with age, height, weight and clothing sizes, availability and whether or not they are. they are local to New Jersey. Include the role and shooting date (“Grandma Photo Double 12/5”, “BB/TP PD 12/5″ “Mr Larson PD 12/5″) in the email subject and send everything to hg2@gwcnyc. com.

Sandler, 58, who played the hockey aficionado turned amateur golfer, filmed Netflix’s “Happy Gilmore 2” throughout Jersey.

READ MORE: See photos of Adam Sandler on ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ set in NJ (and who’s in it)

The film was shot at private golf and country clubs ca Fiddler’s Bend in Bedminster, Middletown’s ideal beachas well as other places in Newark and South Orangeamong many other local places.

On November 8, the “Happy Gilmore” star was on set Ben Stiller TO Roosevelt Elementary School in Kearny.

Stiller, 58, reprises the role of Hal L.the orderly villain who mistreated Happy’s grandmother in the first film.

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Adam Sandler is filming “Happy Gilmore 2” in Middletown in September.Bobby Bank | GC images

Other actors from the first “Happy Gilmore” returning for the sequel include the Emmy winner Julie Bowen (“Modern Family”). She played Virginia Venit, Happy’s love interest.

Christopher McDonald returns as Happy’s nemesis, the professional golfer gunner McGavin.

Kyle Newacheckwho directed Sandler in the Netflix film “The crime mystery” (2019) and is also known for “What we do in the shadows,” leads “Happy Gilmore 2.”

Travis KelceKansas City Chiefs Tight end and Taylor Swift’s boyfriendis among the new faces in the cast, as are the actor and director Benny Safdie (“The Curse”, “Uncut Jams”, “Oppenheimer”); global megastar The bad bunnyaka Benito Martínez Ocasio (“Narcos: Mexico,” “Bullet Train,” “F9″); and Emmy nominee Margaret Qualley (“The Substance”, “Maid”), who has a small role.

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Amy Kuperinsky can be reached at [email protected] and followed at @AmyKup.