The premise of ‘Bird Box’ is that strange creatures roam the world and make anyone who looks at them go mad, therefore everyone in the film needs to wear a blindfold whenever they’re outdoors. Instead of opting to cut small holes in her blindfold for convenience and safety, Bullock refused to make life easier for her or the crew and instead opted to go for the real thing.
The Oscar-winning actress was basically blindfolded for real whenever a scene required her to be, which happens to be about half the movie. This caused Bullock to repeatedly fall and run into the camera while filming her scenes. Susanne Bier, the film’s director, claimed she suffered “sleepless nights” because of Bullock’s dedication to realism, “I had a completely dedicated, crazily diligent actor – I said ‘can we just make holes in the blindfold?’ and she said ‘no way, no way’. I kept hoping she wouldn’t bump into the camera.”
In 2018, Bullock’s Films Grossed More Than $5 Billion Total
Bullock returned in 2018 from her sabbatical in the all-female Ocean’s Eleven spin-offs, Ocean 8. She played leading lady Debbie Ocean, the sister of Danny Ocean, who helps plan a sophisticated heist of the annual Met Gala in New York City. Despite receiving bland reviews from critics, the film was a commercial success grossing US$296.9 million globally.
Bullock’s total box-office revenue generated from her movies officially passed the $5 billion mark after the release of 'Ocean 8', making her one of the highest-grossing actresses in Hollywood. She recently partnered with Netflix to play in one of the year’s anticipated post-apocalyptic horror films, 'Bird Box'.
Bullock’s Bird Box Became Netflix’s Highest Viewed Film
The highly anticipated Netflix horror film follows a woman, played by Sandra Bullock, as she tries to protect herself and two children from malevolent supernatural entities that make people who look at them go insane. Netflix reported a week after the film was released that 'Bird Box' had the biggest seven-day viewership for any of its original films to date, with over 45 million viewers.
Bullock received much praise for her performance. Variety wrote that she was "wonderfully self-reliant" and TheWrap described her performance as "fascinating and terrifying to watch".
Bullocks Kept the Film’s Kids Safe From Her Dedication
Despite deciding to completely immerse herself in 'Bird Box's atmosphere by being fully blindfolded throughout the filming, Bullock’s love for kids and motherly instincts seemed to keep her somewhat sane. While being interviewed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the oscar-winning actress claimed she “had the crew eliminate one layer of the blindfold” to minimize the risk of accidents while filming scenes where her character had to carry kids across the dense forest.
“Any time I had the kids, and I had to run, I had the crew eliminate one layer of the blindfold so I could see outlines,” Bullock said. The crew also made sure to hook the kids onto Bullock for safety purposes. Many people believe that actors that play in horror films enjoy scaring people or being scared themselves, but ironically, Sandra Bullocks revealed that she absolutely hates being scared.
Sandra Bullock Discovered And Gave Us George Lopez
Everyone loves the Hispanic-American actor and his self-produced ABC sitcom, The George Lopez Show. What most people don’t know is that we can thank Sandra Bullock for bringing the comedian into the spotlight. During her quest to bring Hispanic-American sitcoms to the home of viewers, she found and approached George Lopez, the then stand-up comedian, and offered him to produce and star in his own comedy show.
The George Lopez Show premiered on ABC on March 27, 2002, and ran for 5 years and six seasons, winning many awards and bringing George Lopez into Hollywood fame and helping him contribute to the Latino community.