K.T Simpson
After the dismal returns of “Speed 2” and “Miss Congeniality 2” at the box office, Sandra Bullock said she’d never do a sequel again (even ruling out a sequel to her hit action-comedy “The Heat” a few years back).
Speaking to Variety at the SXSW Film Festival for new comedy “The Lost City”, the Oscar winning actress said she might have to reconsider that rule.
“I had a ‘no sequel’ rule when I didn’t have the benefit of fighting for what I really wanted. I feel like, in my old age, I’m learning to fight for the things that I think would be best on screen — and I don’t care who comes away from the meeting angry,” Bullock said.
The “Blind Side” star attributes the change to her producing partner Liza Chasin, who helped craft “The Lost City.”
Bulllock called it “the beauty of working with Liza. We are type A. We’ve known each other since the beginning of time. We both take what we do very seriously. We know that no one pays attention to us usually because we’re women. No one thinks that [an] actress is really going to be a producer, so that’s good, they look away and ignore you.”
Sitting beside her co-star Daniel Radcliffe, the actor and producer said she’d consider a “Lost City 2” if the material was tight.
“I don’t know that I’d want to do a sequel, but look — we had Dana Fox as a writer. If Dana Fox could come up with something brilliant… there you go,” she said.
