‘Happy Gilmore’ Director Recalls Carl Weathers’ Unlikely Path to the Film: “He Was So Chubbs”

Carl Weathers, who died Friday at age 76, made his name as the formidable boxing adversary Apollo Creed in the Rocky films. But it was his career pivot with the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy Happy Gilmore that made him newly relevant to a younger generation. As it turns out, his road to landing in the…

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