9 Fun Facts About Sandra Bullock, Today On Her 54th Birthday
Bullock is the mother of Louis Bardo Bullock and Laila Bullock, whom she lovingly adopted.
There is no doubt that Sandra Bullock is one of the most beloved actresses of her generation. She knows how to make us laugh, cry and fall in love with all her roles, so today on her birthday we are pleased to share with you some curious facts about her:
1- Sandra was considered for the role as Lois Lane in ‘The Man of Steel‘ (Man of Steel, 2013), but she could not be part due to scheduling problems. Can you imagine her in the role played by Amy Adams? Us neither.
2- Her Oscar for best actress for having played Leigh Anne Tuohy in 'A Possible Dream' (The Blind Side, 2009), made her the seventeenth actress to win an Academy Award for playing a character based on a true story.
3- she lovingly adopted two babies, Louis Bardo Bullock and Laila Bullock.
4- she During her career she has directed a film, ‘Making Sandwiches‘ (1998), a film that she also wrote.
“My idea was that the film would serve to educate me on the tasks of a director and learn more about the industry. I really enjoyed it but I have to say that my thing is acting, ”she commented with a laugh.
5- Despite her success, she usually handles fame with care and is very selective when choosing which films to work on:
“I learned that success comes in a very fragile package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you, but you also have to choose what to do with it, who you want to surround yourself with, and who you want to learn from, ”she asserted.
6- she refused to star in the successful Oscar-winning film ‘Million Dollar Baby‘, which also earned Hilary Swank, the protagonist of it, a second Oscar. Bullock had to turn her down in order to fulfill her commitment to the sequel to the tape "Miss Congeniality."
7- Bullock is the only actress who in the same year has been awarded as “the best and worst actress of the year” for her performances in the films ‘A Possible Dream‘ and ‘A Crazy Obsession‘, respectively.
8- she was the first actress to raise more than $ 300 million for a film starring exclusively a woman, in question, we are talking about the tape ‘A Possible Dream‘.
9- ‘The Proposal‘ and ‘A Possible Dream‘ were initially going to be starred by Julia Roberts, but the Oscar winner rejected them because she was not going to pay what she asked for. After that, Bullock took over the lead in both films.
