“It is very important to our hearts and we love it,” said Wiig.
Sorry, fans of “Bridesmaids”, a sequel to the 2011 comedy will never happen, according to writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo.
While appearing in a special virtual city hall on Andy Cohen’s Sirius XM radio show, “Radio Andy”, Wiig, 46, and Mumolo, 47, explained why they don’t plan to write a sequel to the beloved comedy.
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When Cohen asked if the girls would write a “Bridesmaids” sequence now that their new movie “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” was released, Wiig and Mumolo had a slightly strange reaction, with the latter bursting out in laughter.
“Oh my God,” said Mumolo with a laugh, before Wiig added with a smile: “We have other ideas, you know?”
Cohen continued to ask women why they reacted that way. “Is it because you are tired of being asked or is it because you are two women who have a thousand other ideas and have much more to offer?” he asked them.
Both Wiig and Mumolo said “no” before Cohen even finished his question and continued to clarify. Although the film remains “very close” to their hearts, Wiig said that she and Mumolo simply felt they had finished telling the story with the first film.
“I think it’s because we said that we weren’t really interested in going back and writing another one, but I just don’t want it to be translated as something negative, because we obviously love the film,” said Wiig to Cohen. “We felt like we were telling this story and we were really excited to do other things. I mean, ‘Bridesmaids’ is very, obviously – it’s very close to our hearts and we love it.”
Mumolo agreed, adding, “‘Bridesmaids’ was like, when you make a movie together, it’s like having a baby together. And it takes years to make the films. And ‘Bridesmaids’ took many and a half years to do. that the fair thing to do about it was almost like a film in itself. “
“Because it takes so many years and you kind of felt like we had eliminated that from us, it’s that part has been eliminated,” she continued. “And we need to have a great one – you need to have a story, otherwise it’s not worth doing.”
“Bridesmaids” grossed $ 288 million worldwide and won several awards and accolades, including two nominations for the 2012 Oscars: The film was nominated for Best Original Screenplay by Wiig and Mumolo, as well as Best Supporting Actress by Melissa McCarthy.
After the success of the film, it was reported that Universal was considering making a sequel without Wiig and Mumolo as co-writers. Although director Paul Feig told Vanity Fair that he was “very open” to continue at the time, the plans appeared to have been canceled.
