MJF has revealed that he originally auditioned for a different role in “Happy Gilmore 2” before Adam Sandler personally selected him to play one of Happy Gilmore’s sons. Speaking on Insight With Chris Van Vliet, MJF detailed the casting process.
“I had an audition. I auditioned to be, actually the the evil golfer that would have been beside Becky’s [Lynch] character. Becky rules, by the way, if you don’t like Becky Lynch, go fuck yourself. So I auditioned for that role, and Sandler saw it. I didn’t find this out until later, and he was like, this kid is funny, and he kind of looks like me. Can we try him out to be one of those sons? So he specifically out of, God knows how many people that auditioned were like him,” MJF said.
MJF also discussed filming a scene with Eminem, noting the rapper’s large entourage on set.
“I did beat the shit out of Eminem, yeah. Marshall Mathers, he rolls deep. He showed up on that movie set with a big crew, probably 10, 15 dudes. And they were all, like, easily as big as Luchasaurus. It’s like massive human beings and I get it because his he’s seen some shit, you know what I’m saying. I’d imagine it’s no different than when a wrestling fan might see me out and about, like, being next to who was arguably the greatest rapper of all time was one of the only times in my life where I was starstruck was that moment
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