Deco meets the cast of ‘The Hawk’ on the green in California to dive into Netflix’s comedy golf series
Jul 17, 2026
Golf fans are swinging on over to Netflix. Comedy legend Will Ferrell plays golf legend The Hawk in “The Hawk.” I flew to beautiful Orange County California to interview the cast on the green and, let me tell you, they’re a real hoot.
Will Ferrell is golf legend Lonnie Hawkins in the new Ne
tflix comedy series, “The Hawk.”
Will Ferrell: “It’s crazy.”
Alex: “He’s crazy.”
Will Ferrell: “Yeah.”
Alex: “But I love it.”
Will Ferrell: “Definitely. Undiagnosed [attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder]. But this big personality in a game that doesn’t have a lot of personality, thinks he’s God’s gift to golf but he’s really just a narcissist who’s seeking acceptance.”
And taking one last swing at glory against his son, Lance.
Will Ferrell: “He’s both proud of and resents.”
Golf’s rising star:
Jimmy Tatro: “He just wants the approval of his dad. Everything he’s doing, he’s doing in hopes.”
And longtime rival, Golden Fisk.
Alex: “We come across a lot of Goldens, I think, in our lives, right?”
Luke Wilson: “I’ve met those guys, definitely, like you’ve said, kind of growing up where you think, ‘OK, this guy seems like he’s kind of got a mean streak, yet he’s smiling at me,’ like they would do anything to win.”
But with the help of unlikely caddie Sam.
Alex: “Which other celebrity would you wanna caddie for?”
Fortune Feimster: “OH, my gosh. Probably Lois McCarthy.”
Alex: “I know that you love Hooters.”
Fortune Feimster: “I do, unabashedly.”
Alex: “And every other great American chain got a shout out in this series. I saw that, aside from Hooters.”
Fortune Feimster: “I know! If it were up to me, Hooters would’ve gotten a lot of love but we ate our wings at, what was it, Buffalo Wild Wings.”
Alex: “Where do you let loose?”
Jimmy Tatro: “I like to smoke a joint.”
Fortune Feimster: “Oh, very California.”
Jimmy Tatro: “Sometimes when things get super overwhelming, I just need to lay on the floor for a second.”
Alex: “Me too!”
Jimmy Tatro: “And look up at the ceiling.”
Luke Wilson: “They say it’s actually good for you.”
Jimmy Tatro: “No, really?”
Molly Shannon: “Really? Is that right?”
Luke Wilson: “Really. I’ve been reading that lately, if you lay on the floor for seven minutes, it does something for you.”
Fortune Feimster: “I just go to Hooters.”
While Molly Shannon plays his maybe not-so-ex Stacy.
Molly Shannon: “Oh, my gosh. It was so fun, I mean, it was a little hard because I feel like I’m so hard on Lonnie. The costumes can really click you into the character, I don’t know if you guys feel that way, but once I had my little suits on.”
Jimmy Tatro: “Once you throw on the full golf kit, and then I had a caddie, I was like, ‘Oh, I’m a pro golfer now.'”
Molly Shannon: “Exactly.”
Alex: “You and Molly Shannon together, total hole-in-one. Since ‘Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion’ now getting its moment again, I was wondering if you and Molly ever talked about bringing ‘Superstar’ back?”
Will Ferrell: “I don’t know. No, I mean, it might be hard considering she was – we were playing high school kids at the time.”
Alex: “You can do anything.”
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