Adam Sandler pays tribute to late former co-star in ‘Glad Gilmore 2’
Cameron Boyce’s reminiscence lives on.
Adam Sandler has paid tribute to his late “Grown Ups” co-star with a considerate scene in “Glad 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, Glad 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 shocking is that the TV is enjoying a scene that reveals Boyce’s character on the display screen.
“Adam Sandler together with Cameron Boyce in Glad Gilmore 2 is hurting and therapeutic my coronary heart on the similar time,” one particular person captioned a clip of the touching second on TikTok.
“Pretty tribute to Cameron Boyce in Glad Gilmore 2,” one other viewer wrote. “All of us 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 He was solely 20 years outdated.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 surprising 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,” and so they later reunited for the film’s 2013 sequel, “Grown Ups 2.”
However “Glad 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 means of the movie’s finish credit.
“In loving reminiscence of Cameron Boyce,” it learn. “Gone approach too quickly and one of many kindest, coolest, funniest, and most gifted youngsters we knew. You reside on without end in our hearts and are actually missed every single day.”
A few of Boyce’s different co-stars lately remembered the “Jessie” star, each for what would have been his twenty sixth birthday in Could and for the sixth anniversary of his passing earlier this month.
“I nonetheless really feel you on a regular basis. Catch you within the subsequent life,” Dove Cameron wrote on Instagram on Could 28. “Glad birthday. I really like you.”
“Our Angel,” his “Descendants” co-star Sofia Carson wrote on Instagram on Sunday, July 6. “Perpetually.”
“On a BC ferry headed to Victoria to shoot extra of Descendants,” Booboo Stewart added in a separate publish. “Life is nice. Miss you Cam.”
In the meantime, Sandler included a number of extra nods to these he misses most in “Glad 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 means of a number of flashbacks to the 1996 authentic.
Slim, a brand new character performed by Lavell Crawford, can be launched as Chubbs’ prosthetic-hand-wearing son.
In the meantime, “Glad Gilmore 2” contains a number of shocking 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, “Glad Gilmore 2” follows Sandler’s character as he unretires from skilled golf to boost cash for his daughter’s ballet lessons.
Julie Bowen (Virginia Venit) and Christopher McDonald (Shooter McGavin) reprise their authentic roles, and the film sees dozens of celeb cameos.
Plus, Sandler’s real-life spouse, Jackie Sandler, and real-life daughters, Sadie and Sunny Sandler, additionally seem.
“Glad Gilmore 2” is streaming now on Netflix.
