Oscar season has begun, and Sandra Bullock gets a kick-start with Warner Bros’ Our Brand is Crisis. After the film made its debut in the recent Toronto Fest, her terrific performance in the lead role has been received quite well. It was revealed by Bullock that the role was originally written for a man, but asked producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov to consider changing it into a woman. She told the audience, “George could have played the role, but maybe I could have played it better.”
Clooney also added that the script was surprisingly easy to switch up. In the process of changing the script, he realised there were many roles out there that could easily re-scripted for women. The film itself is about politics as a large business, the pervasiveness of marketing and about personal redemption. The film is set to release in October.
