I didn’t think they’d bring me back at all. I mean, who am I supposed to be? He’s got to have a younger woman in this one, ‘Happy Gilmore 2.'” According to Hollywood Reporter, Bowen revealed she heard a rumour from one of her teen children that actress Sydney Sweeney may play Sandler's love interest.

The “Modern Family” star played Virginia Venit in the first film, the PR director for the golf tour Happy Gilmore joins, who helps him shape up his image. The two eventually fall for each other and in the sequel have a family, though Bowen noted that her appearance in the new one is brief.

Julie Bowen didn't expect to reprise her role in Happy Gilmore 2 - in fact, she still can't believe she managed to be cast in the first film. Bowen, 55, revealed that she thought she would be replaced by a younger actress in Netflix's sequel during her Tuesday,