Adam Sandler has no crocodile tears for the co -star of “Happy Gilmore”, Morris The Aligator, has affectionate jokes.
The actor and comedian of “Punzante Love” on Wednesday shared a playful tribute in honor of his reptile co -star who died on Sunday of old age in a Gator farm in the south of Colorado. In the tribute, shared with Instagram and X (previously Twitter), Sandler recalled the crocodile time on the set of his extravagant golf comedy of 1996.
“We will all surprise you. You could be hard with the directors, makeup artists, customers, really anyone with arms or legs,” Sandler subtitled a film that still introduces himself already Morris: “But I know you did it for the best good of the movie.”
Jay Young, the owner and operator of Colorado Gator Farm, announced Morris's death in an emotional video shared on Facebook. “He started acting strange about a week ago. He was not throwing us and was not taking food,” said Young, stroking the reptile's head.
“I know it's strange to people who stick so much to a crocodile, to all our animals,” added Young. “He had a happy one here, and died of old age.”
In “Happy Gilmore”, Sandler's unlikely golf star faces the fighter Cocodrilo played by Morris after a golf ball lands in his jaws with teeth. After a failed attempt, happy immerses itself in the golf field pond where the reptile hits and recovers the ball.
Morris was better known for “Happy Gilmore”, but also appeared in numerous screen projects, including “Interview with El Vampiro”, “Dr. Dolittle 2” and “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” before retiring in 2006. He was found as an illegal pet in the backyard of a house of Los Angeles and sent to the Gator farm of Colorado.
In his tribute, Sandler said he learned a “powerful lesson” from Morris on the set of his film after he refused to “get out of his trailer” without the bait of 40 lettuce heads: “Never compromise your art.” The “Wedding Singer” star and “50 First Dates” also recalled in totally real meetings with the crocodile, including sharing a chocolate bar.
“You let me have the greatest half,” he joked. “But that's what you were.”
According to Sandler, Morris was a Hollywood veteran with elegant habits. The “unwaid gems star” joked saying that the crocodile, despite the death of his character in the first film, sent the team “Happy Gilmore” a “fruits basket and [a] Hilarious note “ahead of the long -awaited sequel, which opens in July.
“I will miss the sound of your tail sliding through the high grass, your cold and full skin, but, above all, I will miss your contagious laugh,” Sandler concluded his praise. “Thanks to Mr. Young for taking care of him all these years, and go with God, old friend.”
Colorado Gator Farm announced Monday that he decided to preserve Morris's body through taxidermia “so that he can continue to scare children in the coming years.”
“It's what I would have wanted,” said the farm on Facebook.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
