Sandra Bullock Quit Rom-Coms: 'I Was Getting So Much S—' — SkimNews
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- Sandra Bullock told Jennifer Aniston in Interview magazine that early in her career as a New York waitress, she auditioned for "every pervert" asking her to drop her pants and refused those roles, saying "Nope, not the role for me."
- Bullock intentionally stepped away from rom-coms in the mid-2000s because "I was getting so much shit for them," choosing instead to take a dramatic role in "Crash" to "start flexing other muscles."
- "Crash" won the Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding ensemble in a motion picture and went on to win the Oscar for best picture.
- Bullock returned to rom-coms in 2009 with "The Proposal," a hit, and "All About Steve," which won her the Razzie for worst actress; that same year she won the Oscar for best actress for "The Blind Side."
- Bullock's most recent rom-com was 2022's "The Lost City" with Channing Tatum, which grossed $192 million worldwide as a post-pandemic hit.
- Bullock told Aniston she now wants back in the genre: "Now more than ever, I miss that. I want to do nothing but that now."
- Matthew McConaughey similarly walked away from rom-coms, turned down a $14 million offer to return, and moved his family to Texas to distance himself from the box Hollywood was trying to keep him in.
Why it matters: Bullock's mid-2000s pivot validated her range: "Crash" earned a SAG ensemble award and the best-picture Oscar, and her 2009 slate alone produced both a Razzie for "All About Steve" and a best-actress Oscar for "The Blind Side." Her stated desire to return to rom-coms signals a possible late-career course correction for one of the genre's biggest stars.
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