Julie Bowen was shocked when Netflix requested her to return for “Completely happy Gilmore 2.”

Throughout a latest interview on the “Inside You” podcast, Bowen defined she was sure she’d get replaced because the love curiosity for Adam Sandler’s titular golfer by a youthful actress for the extremely anticipated “Completely happy Gilmore” sequel.

“I didn’t suppose they’d convey me again in any respect,” Bowen stated. “I imply, who am I speculated to be? He’s bought to have a youthful lady on this one, ‘Completely happy Gilmore 2.’”

Within the 1996 unique, Bowen performed Virginia Venit, a rep for the skilled golf tour Completely happy joins. She serves as his information on learn how to act within the public eye, and ultimately, she and Completely happy fall in love. Bowen is ready to reprise the function within the Netflix follow-up alongside unique forged members Sandler, Ben Stiller and Christopher McDonald.

Bowen went on to say that she wasn’t assured she’d be within the first movie both. She defined that on the time, she thought manufacturing would get a “scorching woman” to play the half.

“I learn they usually had been relieved,” she added. “They had been visibly relieved. I’m going, ‘What’s occurring?’ They’re like, ‘Yeah, a few of these women are simply so aggressively attractive.’ And I used to be like, ‘That’s a nasty factor?’”

New forged members becoming a member of the “Completely happy Gilmore” workforce embrace Margaret Qualley, Eric André, Sunny Sandler, Benny Safdie, Unhealthy Bunny, Eminem and Travis Kelce.

Though she has but to see the ultimate minimize, Bowen stated she has much less screentime in “Completely happy Gilmore 2” than within the unique. Even so, she stated her co-star, Sandler, retains encouraging her to not de-emphasize her significance.

She stated, “Adam’s like, ‘Cease saying that. You’re the guts of the film.’”

“Completely happy Gilmore 2” releases on Netflix July 25.