[1.16] Problem Emulating Player Right-Click

I am trying to create an entity which mimics the player using an item (placing a block, using a bucket, etc.).

I have a class VirtualPlayerEntity extends PlayerEntity, which is passed into the onItemRightClick method for the item my entity is holding.

My problem arises when that item is an empty bucket, used on a fluid block.

In the onItemRightClick method for the BucketItem class I get the error:

<com.trigonaut.mod.entity.VirtualPlayerEntity cannot be cast to net.minecraft.entity.player.ServerPlayerEntity>

caused by the FILLED_BUCKET criteria trigger.

How do I make VirtualPlayerEntity able to cast to ServerPlayerEntity? (preferably without extending it)
Is there a better way to emulate a player right-click?

How do other mods create this functionality?

Attached is my VirtualPlayerEntity class.

VirtualPlayerEntity.java

Edited December 8, 20204 yr by Trigonaut
including version of minecraft in title