The Morris crocodile, seen in several dozen productions in the cinema and on television between 1975 and 2006, died on Monday, May 12 in the Colorado Reserve, where peaceful days flowed.
One of the most famous appearances of the crocodile actor was in Hollywood comedy Happy Gilmore (baptized Ending in France), with Adam Sandler. The animal terrified the golfers in the Green.
The actor gave a fun tribute to his Instagram account this Wednesday. “Goodbye Morris, we are going to miss you. You could be hard with the directors, the makeup artists, the dressing rooms, really everything that could have arms and legs, but I know you did for the supreme good of the film,” he wrote.
“The day you refused to get out of your caravan, whenever you haven’t given 40 lettuce heads, they taught me a powerful lesson: you never compromise your art,” he still joked.
“The sound of your tail that slides through high grass, your cold and rough skin (…), but above all your contagious laugh it will lose.”
Almost 300 kilos by 3.3 meters long
The reptile had been discovered in the 1970s in the backyard of a house, where it was illegally. This is how it had been seen to be used in filming, reports The New York Times.
According to Colorado Gator Farm, Morris died of natural death due to the elderly. “His exact age was unknown, but measured nine feet (approximately 2.75 meters) in 1975, and, given his growth rate and the loss of his teeth, we can estimate his age in more than 80,” said the shelter.
However, the crocodile will remain immortal since the managers of the shelter have made the decision to fill it “to continue scaring children during the next few years.” And to conclude arrrely: “That’s what I wanted.”
A tribute below?
Possibility of the calendar, a continuation of Happy Gilmore It will be broadcast on Netflix on July 25, with the return of the original cast (including Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen and Ben Stiller), but also many stars such as Bad Bunny, Eminem, Travis Kelce or the MJF fighter. But without Morris, who died in the first film.
Source: BFM TV
