Julia Roberts has starred in some iconic romantic series over the years, but only one tops her list when it comes to sequels.
During the performance at Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen that aired on Thursday, a viewer asked the Oscar-winning actress to pick a movie of hers that she would like to make a sequel to. And her answer came quickly.
“That’s a really good question and I’ve never been asked that,” Roberts, 56, said before choosing My best friend’s wedding.
The comedy was a worldwide box office hit when it was released in June 1997. Directed by PJ Hogan, it follows Roberts as Jules, a food journalist who realizes she is in love with her longtime best friend Michael (Dermot Mulroney) after he discovers he is engaged. new love, Kimmy (Cameron Diaz). Desperate to win his heart, Jules spends the next four days trying to stop his wedding, even faking an engagement to her gay best friend George (Rupert Everett) out of desperation.
Dermot Mulroney says My Best Friend’s Wedding ending ‘is what makes the movie great’
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Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz in the movie ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’.
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Dermot Mulroney says My Best Friend’s Wedding ending ‘is what makes the movie great’
Of course, spoiler alert — it didn’t end well for Jules, as Michael ended up choosing Kimmy. But the richness of the characters and the dynamics between them means there’s plenty of material to explore for a sequel, as Roberts told Andy Cohen, 55.
“There are so many people in it,” she said, noting that she would like to “see what they’re doing and how Kimmy and Michael’s marriage is going…”
Another asked him WWHL a viewer who thought Michael should have chosen, Roberts stuck with her character. “Well, I mean, sure, Jules. But he married Kimmy!”
Roberts is not the only star of the cult film who dreamed of a sequel.
While appearing on Conversation in November 2018, Mulroney said he would not be opposed to reprising his character on screen.
“I’m certainly not in the decision-making process,” said Mulroney — who worked with Roberts on the Amazon Video thriller Homecoming in that time.
“I was clear from the beginning, I was clear from 1997 that I was ready to continue. So I’m on the record,” he said.
The cast reunited in 2019 for Entertainment Weeklyedition of the romantic comedy, reminiscing about the shoot and imagining where their characters would be now. Roberts said that wedding saboteur Jules would probably be a marriage counselor.
“Whoever can’t, should learn,” she joked.
Cameron Diaz talks about the karaoke scene that ‘traumatized’ her in ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’
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Rupert Everett and Julia Roberts in the movie ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’.
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Reflecting on the film’s success and legacy ahead of its 25th anniversary in 2002, Roberts reflected on the magic between her, Mulroney, Diaz and Everett.
“We were really lucky to be together,” Roberts said in an interview with E! Daily pop. “None of us knew each other before we did the film, and we had really great chemistry. It just worked. I mean, we all loved each other very much. Dermot and I are still very good friends — we talk all the time, and I think it’s proof of the good time we all spent together making this film.”
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen airs on Bravo from Sunday to Thursday evenings.
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