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Benny Safdie chats with THR at the 'Happy Gilmore 2' premiere and dishes on the memories he had with the first 'Happy Gilmore' versus what he got to take into the second film. Plus, he talks about filming Adam Sandler back with his golf club while filming the sequel.

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00:00Let's talk about the memories you had of the first film versus what you got to take into the second film.

00:06Okay, so the memories I have of the first film are everything.

00:09I could play the movie from A to Z in my head.

00:12Lines just pop up out of nowhere.

00:14If I'm like, oh, my finger hurts, well, now your back's going to hurt because you just pulled landscaping duty.

00:18That's like a daily, you know?

00:22It's literally, there's the shooter, thought we were going to be friends, all this stuff.

00:26But it literally was such an important movie for me just as a comedy and just as a movie in general.

00:34So to be a part of this one was just the greatest.

00:36And then to be like acting with Shooter McGavin, you know, and Sandler as Happy Gilmore.

00:42Because like all of a sudden you see him and you're like, oh, that's Happy.

00:44Right.

00:44You know, it's not Sandler, it's Happy.

00:46I was talking, it has to be weird for some of the golfers because they grew up on Tiger Woods and Adam Sandler.

00:50Yeah, well, it's also like this is like they're Rocky, you know?

00:53So who wouldn't want to be a part of it?

00:55And then it's like to see like Scotty win and then Rory won a couple.

00:59I'm like, oh, this is like good for, it gives him a little good luck, you know?

01:03What do you think a lot of people are going to stick with memory-wise when they get to see Happy Gilmore 2?

01:09I think it's just maybe the emotion, you know, the feeling that they have seen Happy Gilmore now.

01:15That like he grew as he was away.

01:18And I think that that's something that's going to stick with people.

01:20They're like, oh, wow, he's still there.

01:22Do you think Adam still had it or did he have to put a little bit of practice into getting back on onto the course?

01:28Oh, my God.

01:29When he took out the club and did the Happy Drive, I was like, I got to get my phone out and film this because it was the greatest.

01:35A memory that you'll have forever.

01:36Yeah, for sure.

01:37So what do you think, any iconic lines that you can let us know about now before we get to hear them come Friday?

01:44The thing is, is you don't know what's going to be an iconic line until it becomes one.

01:49So it's like, I think you just do them and then if it happens, it happens.

01:53What should we look out for or a personal favorite of yours that we can look out for come Friday when it drops on Netflix?

02:02Personal favorite.

02:03A memory that maybe that you were a part of or that you got to witness that we'll get to see on the screen.

02:09There's too many.

02:10There's too many.

02:10I have a couple in my head.

02:12Oh, actually, you know what?

02:13There is one.

02:14It's when Steve Buscemi kicks a car.

02:18It's the funniest thing I've ever seen.

02:19You just walked by.

02:20I know.

02:20And it literally, I think about it and I laugh hysterically.

02:23It's when Steve Buscemi kicks a car.

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