Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley
Gotham/Wire ImageJack Antonoff He is not above lying to Adam Sandler To support his wife, Margaret Qualley.
Qualley, 29, confirmed on the Tuesday, September 24 episode of Tonight's show starring Jimmy Fallon who has a role in Sandler's highly anticipated film Happy Gilmore 2 and that her husband, a music producer, helped her get the role.
“It was the best thing that ever happened to me,” he said. Substance The actress got emotional and explained that she is a big fan of the original. Happy Gilmore published in 1996. “It’s a small part. I’m basically from a deep past, but now I can die happy!”
Qualley said that Happy Gilmore It's her favorite movie and when the upcoming sequel was announced, she asked her agents to help her get a role.
Cover Images More than a decade after the hit film was released, a Happy Gilmore sequel is finally in the works. Netflix announced in May 2024 that there would be a Happy Gilmore 2, with Adam Sandler reprising his role. The cult classic released in 1996 followed the story of a failed ice hockey player […]
“I emailed my agents right away,” the actress said. “I told them, ‘I’ll do whatever it takes. No role is too small. I have to be a part of this.’”
Sandler, 58, texted Antonoff to ask about Qualley's golf skills (the original film is about a hockey player with anger issues who discovers he has a talent for golf).
“Jacko, it's Sandler. Does your wife play golf?” read a screenshot of the host Jimmy Fallon The text exchange was delayed.
Antonoff replied: “Yes, it’s actually good!”
Sandler went on to say that he was considering Qualley for a role in the comedy sequel, writing: “I might tease her for a couple days… fun stuff. That would be awesome.”
After Fallon read the messages between her husband and Sandler, Qualley admitted: “I don't know how to play golf.”
“He lied for the sake of the family,” Qualley said with a laugh. “I’ve never played golf in my life. I’m terrible at it, actually.”
To prepare for the film, Qualley said she took some golf lessons, but added, “Overall, I'm still bad at it.”
Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff kept their romance under wraps before confirming their engagement in May 2022. The pair were first linked in August 2021 following the Maid star’s brief relationships with Pete Davidson and Shia LaBeouf. The Bleachers singer, meanwhile, previously dated Lena Dunham from 2012 to 2018. Thanks! […]
Regardless of your golfing skills, the Maid The star said working with Sandler was “the best thing that ever happened to me.”
In August, Sandler told Fallon about Tonight's program that Happy Gilmore 2 I was just a couple of weeks away from starting production in New Jersey.
“We worked a lot on the script,” the comedian joked. “We didn’t want to disappoint anyone. People have been asking me for a long time: ‘Do it?’ Happy Gilmore 2And I always said, 'No, I'll just disappoint you.'”
Sandler said he and co-author Tim Herlihy Finally, we managed to figure out the script. “We are very excited about it. We wrote everything we could,” he shared.
The comedian also confirmed that Travis Kelce will have a cameo in the film after the Kansas City Chiefs tight end publicly lobbied for a role in May.
“Travis… mentioned it, so we have something nice for Travis,” Sandler said.
The actor was full of praise for Kelce, adding: “He’s a really nice guy. They would love him in real life. He’s a big, handsome guy. Funny and cool as hell. He’s a stud and very funny.”