Beverly Hills Cop 4’s Happy Gilmore Cameo Explained by Director

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is a very nostalgic film, as it brings back Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley three decades after last playing the role. There was also a fun cameo in the film that may be amusing for Happy Gilmore fans.

In one scene, Happy Gilmore actor Christopher McDonald briefly appears as an angry golfer. The role is very similar to Shooter McGavin, the antagonist McDonald played in Happy Gilmore. He’s only credited as “golfer,” and he’s not identified by name, but the nod to Happy Gilmore will still be obvious for fans of the Adam Sandler comedy. That was by design, as confirmed by director Mark Molloy in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

“I had no idea that they were making Happy Gilmore 2,” Molloy noted, referring to the recent news that a Happy Gilmore sequel is in the works at Netflix. “I was talking with Mary Vernieu, our casting director, about the golfer role that we knew we had, and I said, ‘I’d love a great cameo.’ So we started talking about it, and then we were like, ‘Christopher McDonald!? Oh, yes! That would be amazing.’ And fans love it. I’ve heard the reaction when people see Chris come on the screen, and it’s just a really fun cameo. So there’s no bigger story behind it, apart from me wanting to have some fun.”

McDonald will be reprising his role as Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore 2, joining Adam Sandler for a follow-up to the classic comedy. No plot details have yet been revealed, and it’s unclear which other actors from the first movie will return for the second installment. McDonald was the one who first broke the news that Sandler had a script ready for the sequel, though it wasn’t known at the time that it would be for Netflix.

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“Here’s a quick intel,” McDonald said during an interview for Audacy’s 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland back in March. “I saw Adam [Sandler] about two weeks ago, and he says, ‘Hey, McDonald, you’re going to love this.’ I said, ‘What?’ [He says] ‘How about that?’ And he shows me the first draft of Happy Gilmore 2… He did show me that, and I thought, ‘Well, that would be awesome.’ So, it’s in the works. Fans demand it, dammit.”

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is now streaming on Netflix.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Detective Axel Foley finds himself drawn back to the opulent environs of Beverly Hills to investigate the untimely demise of a long-time confidant.

Director

Mark Molloy

Release Date

July 3, 2024

Cast

Eddie Murphy , Judge Reinhold , Kevin Bacon , Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Writers

Will Beall , Tom Gormican , Kevin Etten , Danilo Bach , Daniel Petrie Jr.

Main Genre

Action

Producer

Jerry Bruckheimer, Eddie Murphy, Chad Oman.

Production Company

Eddie Murphy Productions, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Netflix, Paramount Pictures.

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