Bowen was convinced she would be replaced with a younger actress for the sequel, which takes place 30 years after the original.

The “Modern Family” star played Virginia Venit in the first film, the PR director for the golf tour Happy Gilmore joins, who helps him shape up his image. The two eventually fall for each other and in the sequel have a family, though Bowen noted that her appearance in the new one is brief.

"I mean, who am I supposed to be? He's got to have a younger woman in this one, ‘Happy Gilmore 2.'" In the 1996 original, Bowen played Virginia Venit, a rep for the professional golf tour Happy joins.