'I'm a bona fide movie star': Golfer Corey Pavin dishes on Happy Gilmore 2 role ahead of Rogers Charity Classic
The 1995 U.S. Open king plays himself — star golfer — in the Netflix film Happy Gilmore 2, an entertaining sequel to the Adam Sandler original comedy of 29 years ago.
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And he knows … ummm … that he drove his lines home in the flick.
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'Yeah … I'm a bona fide movie star,' said the 65-year-old Pavin, with a chuckle. 'I had to pay a lot of money to get into it.
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'But my parts in both movies, if you blinked, you missed them.'
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But this isn't make-believe stuff like it was in Happy Gilmore 2 or Tin Cup, his other golf-movie role. It's the real deal, as a bona fide golfer — one of the world's best.
'And Cheech (Marin),' reminded Pavin. 'Don't forget Cheech.
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'Probably a long, long time ago, I did get awestruck by actors. On the movie set it's a little different, because that's their territory. But … gosh … I went to UCLA, and we hung around at Bel-Air Country Club. And there was a lot of famous people that hang around Bel-Air.'
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Among them, he lists sportscasters Vin Scully and Al Michaels and actor Ray Bolger, from The Wizard of Oz' s Scarecrow role.
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'So when I was in college, I met a lot of people that were pretty famous,' Pavin said. 'Being out here on tour, you play a lot of pro-ams and you play with a lot of very well-known people, a lot of celebrities. So it's never normal. But you kind of get used to it a little bit.
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'So I wouldn't say I was in awe, but it's fun to be on their terrain and their territory and doing things and watching them do what they're really good at.'
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What Pavin did in Happy Gilmore 2 was join golf brethren during a scene at the Tour Championship banquet, which featured cameos from dozens of PGA Tour stars — past and present — including Jack Nicklaus and Fred Couples.
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