She says “c—blocking” was involved.
“Strangely, the sequins were a bit like mini bits of chain mail!”
We sat down with Bullock to learn more about the glittery garment.
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in ‘The Lost City’.Kimberley French/Paramount
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Can you tell me a little bit about this amazing jumpsuit?
SANDRA BULLOCK:I can tell you alotabout this jumpsuit.
And then I realize I’m just reverting back to my toddler days when everything was a onesie.
(L-R) Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, and Channing Tatum star in ‘The Lost City.'.Kimberley French/Paramount
[The jumpsuit] wasn’t in the script.
So we were like, “Let’s do a sequin jumpsuit in a jungle.”
I had gotten these gorgeous flowers for our nanny, who we love so much.
But her boyfriend had gotten her a big bouquet.
I was like, “Oh, I can’t send her a bouquet.
It’s c—blocking his bouquet.”
Look how good it looks next to my skin."
What about the fabric?
Marlene found the fabric in Italy.
They had just enough for us to make all these different versions of the suit.
We didn’t want to be leaving behind a footprint of sequins in the Dominican jungle.
But they can’t scratch Channing’s face when you’re doing physical stunts.
How much will we have to fix in post?
And we realized it did.
I was like, “Oh, I’ll be fine.”
I was like, “I don’t care.
I’m not going to take this off and pee in the jungle.”
Because when you drop the top, you’re naked.
You’re just naked to the jungle.
Was it soft on the inside so it didn’t scratch you?
Yeah, it had this black mesh.
So we’d just taped my boobs back.
We were in the jungle, so basically it was duct tape.
By the end of the film, I had duct tape burns all over my body.
I’m like, “It’s okay.
The jumpsuit looked fantastic.”
It was a character.
We literally had an arc for the jumpsuit.
It gets set up and it gets paid off in the very last scene of the film.
It literally has its own story arc.
Who cares about me?
It’s the jumpsuit.
The jumpsuit is a true star.
I just got word today that our jumpsuit is going on tour.
We’re going to have it in different countries and let people try it on.
And I was like, “Good luck with that.”
It’s kind of nice.
It reminded me of the olden days when the costumes just had a real presence in films.
The Lost Cityhit theaters today.
