The Draft Brill Wrote Was Much Darker

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It just wasn't a Disney movie. There weren't any murders or anything, but there was some adult romance. As far as dark humor goes, there was already that DUI scene at the start of the first movie.

Producer Jordan Kerner had his writer revise the screenplay to make it more kid-friendly. They changed the character of Gordon Bombay to a lawyer. Originally, he was an ex-NHL player who downplayed the whole recovering-from-a-problem issue.