‘Comfortable Gilmore 2’ Bear Did not Know Who Travis Kelce Was Whereas Filming

Taylor Swift lastly denied rumors she performed the bear who attacked beau Travis Kelce in “Happy Gilmore 2” — and seems, the man really behind the costume has a shock as properly … he had no concept he was appearing reverse such a giant title!

TMZ caught up with Brandon Alan Smith, the actor who hopped right into a bear go well with and ambushed a shirtless, honey-slathered TK for the lately launched ‘HG2’ … and he spoke to us about Taylor’s current reward whereas admitting he had completely no clue he was within the presence of an NFL star, not to mention THE Taylor Swift’s boyfriend.

Simply take a look at our clip — Brandon is shaking off his “blissful ignorance” concerning the state of affairs … and hopes Swifties will let him “Out of the Woods” on this one.

He notes he gained some cool factors together with his daughter after Taylor complimented his appearing job as “exquisite” on her “New Heights” podcast look on Wednesday. However, he does not need to take all of the credit score — he says creating the hilarious bear scene was a group effort.

And the compliments preserve going round — You may see in our second clip, Brandon had nothing however praises to sing for the “wonderful” Kansas Metropolis Chiefs star … giving him a glowing assessment for his enthusiasm and willingness to take path.

The stunt double even gave us the within scoop on one other take that did not fairly make the movie’s closing lower. As talked about, the comical scene between Travis and Brandon reveals the previous getting completely mauled by the honey-hungry bear. And ICYMI, Unhealthy Bunny is the one who covers TK within the sticky, candy liquid.

However, Brandon says that wasn’t the unique path. He remembers they filmed a completely totally different take that had the bear tenderly licking Travis — all … over.

He additionally laughs in regards to the big tongue that was initially connected to the bear costume he received to slip throughout Travis’ bod — prone to the envy of many followers.

You may get the total really feel of the scene in our clip — we promise, it is well worth the watch.

“Happy Gilmore 2” dropped on Netflix in late July and sees Adam Sandler return because the explosive titual character. Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald and Ben Stiller additionally make a return.