Steph Curry Couldn't Attend 'Holey Moley' Season 2 Shooting Due to Injury
By Leila KozmaJul. 2 2020, Updated 1:41 p.m. ET
For Season 2, the producers of Holey Moley upped the ante even further, devising a devilishly complicated golf course crammed to the brim with gigantic rubber ducks, dragons that blow precise fireplace, and a complete vary of alternative hindrances. If the bright set design wasn't sufficient, the episodes additionally feature animated cameos by means of Steph Curry. We examine: why doesn't he appear in-person at the display?
So, why is Steph Curry animated in 'Holey Moley'?
Season 2 of Holey Moley was once designed with adrenaline-loving mini-golf enthusiasts in mind. The holes vary from the definitely fear-inducing Frankenputt — in which contestants are punished with delicate electrical shocks each time they leave out — to the downright extraordinary Hole Number Two.
For an added twist, the six-episode-long sequence options animated cameos by MVP-winning basketball participant and golfing aficionado Steph Curry.
In a promotional clip introducing the Dragon's Breath — a hellish setup requiring contestants to avert the specter of being toasted alive due to the fireballs emanating from the freakishly practical dragon-shaped prop ahead of placing the ball previous a drawbridge and into the opening — Steph handiest options in animated form.
Likewise, consistent with IMDb, he handiest supplied voiceovers for a minimum of two episodes airing in Season 2, together with "I Think We Just Made History on Uranus" and "Where the Herd At?"
As one of the most executive producers of the display, Wesley Denning advised Reality Blurred they had to come up with an choice solution that'd permit Steph to make an look on the show even if he couldn't be there at the capturing in-person.
The star-status basketball player broke his left hand right through the Golden State Warriors vs. Phoenix Suns sport hung on Oct. 31, 2019. As a result, he wasn't allowed to go back to paintings up till early March. The shooting for Season 2 of Holey Moley wrapped up in early March as well, Reality Blurred notes.
The subsequent obstacle the creators needed to face turned out to be a lot more perplexing than a broken hand. The lockdown restrictions made it inconceivable to shoot reside scenes with Steph, which is why the producers asked him to provide voiceovers for the animated scenes as a substitute.
"The runner for Season 2 is that Stephen Curry is building the ultimate golf hole, his 'Tomb of Nefertiti.' The original creative was that throughout the entire [season], we're going to see Stephen on the course, and he's constantly working on his hole. It's behind large walls, and you can see lights, and we go to Steph and he’s there with hammer and nails," Wes informed Reality Blurred.
"The day we were meant to shoot with him, Stephen was unwell, so we scheduled a few days later for him to come back, and that's when the coronavirus stuff all went down. We shut down the set, we couldn't get anyone on, there was a complete lockdown," Wes added.
"If we can't bring him to the set, and we can't shoot him anywhere because everything's shut down, why don't we animate Stephen Curry?" Wes explained, ahead of including that "we decided to do at a very quick rate is create an animation runner [...] constantly describing how he created all these holes."
Catch new episodes of Holey Moley each Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. on ABC.
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