According to The Hollywood Reporter, Will Ferrell (Elf, Daddy’s Home) stars in new Netflix original series, The Hawk, which follows a washed-up golf legend who is trying to make the sport’s greatest comeback by chasing one final major. The character of Hawkins is met with many challenges and chaos that can relate him to Adam Sandler’s (Grown Ups, Big Daddy) Happy Gilmore character.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, during the premiere of the series on Thursday in Los Angeles, Ferrell weighed in on how The Hawk and Happy would compete against one another on a golf course. He told The Hollywood Reporter, “they come from two different approaches. I think Lonnie’s a fan of Happy; they’d have a great time, but Lonnie would get inside of his head.”
The Hollywood Reporter reports Ferrell’s costar also gave their thoughts on the hypothetical showdown, with Jimmy Tatro (Home Economics, The Machine) musing, “I think they would get on each other’s nerves. I think Happy would be irked by The Hawk; it’s hard not to get annoyed by The Hawk if he’s beating you, but just the antics- it’s the kind of thing that would drive you nuts on the golf course.” Luke Wilson added, “They’re both kind of wildcards; it would be a good match, similar to a Tiger Woods- Phil Mickelson competition.
Fortune Feimster revealed via The Hollywood Reporter that she was opening for Sandler on his stand-up tour when she got the role on the series and “he was like ‘Oh, that’s awesome!’” But she said the characters are “so different; I think you love seeing these non-golf-type guys in the very buttoned-up golf world. That’s the comedy, the juxtaposition. I think they would give each other a pretty hard time but have a good time doing it.”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ferrell teased that it’s a possibility that Happy could pop up in season two, and noted that he and Wilson had also been talking about doing a crossover with the golf series Stick. He mused about “having the characters from Stick come on The Hawk and vice versa, kind of like superhero movies where we merge universes. I’m sure all the actors would say yes and both streaming people at Apple and Netflix would be like ‘No! Keep it separate!”
The Hawk are available to stream on Netflix on July 16th.