\u201cIt\u2019s just a typical Hollywood thing where, for so long, it was just Caddyshack and Happy Gilmore. People who knew I played golf would say, \u2018Why don\u2019t you make a good golf movie?’\u201d Wilson, who plays the antagonistic Golden Fisk in The Hawk, told DECIDER in a sit-down interview for Netflix<\/a>\u2018s new series. \u201cAnd you just felt like you could never get someone to fund one.\u2019 They just thought it was, I don\u2019t know, like an elitist sport or not like soccer or football.\u201d<\/p>\n Certainly, the younger Wilson brother is referring to the proliferation of movies and TV shows following the world of soccer, baseball, and pretty much every other sport known to man \u2014 even gymnastics has had its fair share of projects over the last decade or two \u2014 and the absence of stories focused on the so-called \u201cgreatest game ever played.\u201d And as for his brother\u2019s show, Wilson joked that he\u2019s \u201cnot heard of it,\u201d but says that it all speaks to what people are looking for in TV these days.<\/p>\n \u201cIt just shows how, just like what you were saying, with Stick and The Hawk, you can have these family [stories], mixed with comedy, mixed with sports, and so you get people that aren\u2019t even in the golf that really like the shows,\u201d Wilson shared. \u201cI know that happened with Owen\u2019s show, that people who weren\u2019t necessarily golf fans really enjoyed it.\u201d<\/p>\n To that, Wilson\u2019s co-star, Jimmy Tatro, chimed in and added that \u2014 in the case of their own project \u2014 it has so much to do with allowing Ferrell to do what he does best and wreak havoc. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s also just such a serious, like, buttoned-up, rule-heavy formality sport that introducing a wild-card character like Lonnie Hawkins into the world just disrupts the whole thing in a way that makes for good humor,\u201d the Theater Camp actor shared. <\/p>\n The new comedy comes from the mind of Ferrell and his frequent collaborators Harper Steele and Chris Henchy. The Hawk follows Ferrell\u2019s titular character as he sets out to accomplish his seemingly impossible goal of completing a career Grand Slam in the PGA. The series picks up years after Lonnie choked on the 18th hole of the U.S. Open and is now facing off against his own son (Tatro) to try and win it all. Also along for the ride are Lonnie\u2019s estranged wife (Shannon), his makeshift golf caddy (Fortune Feimster), and his PGA nemesis (Chris Parnell). <\/p>\n Can Lonnie Hawkins finally win the U.S. Open and complete his life\u2019s dream or will he be forced to accept his fate as a washed-up (albeit hilarious) former pro in the sport? You\u2019ll just have to watch and find out. <\/p>\n The Hawk<\/a> is now streaming on Netflix. Stick Season 1 is streaming on Apple TV. <\/p>\n Photo: Netflix<\/p>\n