“It’s very dear to us and we love it,” said Wiig.
Sorry “Bridesmaids” fans, a sequel to the 2011 comedy will never happen, according to writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo.
While appearing in a special virtual town hall on Andy Cohen’s Sirius XM radio show, “Radio Andy” Wiig, 46, and Mumolo, 47, explained why they don’t plan on writing a sequel to the beloved comedy.
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When Cohen asked if the ladies are going to write a “Bridesmaids” sequel now that their new movie “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” is out, Wiig and Mumolo were a little uncomfortable, with the latter cracking. laugh out loud.
“Oh my god,” Mumolo said with a chuckle, before Wiig added with a smile, “We have other ideas, you know?”
Cohen continued by asking the women why they reacted that way. “Is it because you are sick of the questions or is it because you are two women with a thousand other ideas and you have a lot more to offer?” he asked them.
Both Wiig and Mumolo said “no” before Cohen finished his question and went on to clarify it. While the film remains “very close to their hearts,” Wiig said she and Mumolo just felt like they had told the story with the first film.
“I think it’s because I said we weren’t really interested in going back and writing another one, but I just don’t want it translated as something negative because we clearly love the movie,” said Wiig to Cohen. “We feel like we told that story and we were just so excited to do other things. I mean, ‘Bridesmaids’ is very clear – it’s close to our hearts and we love it.”
Mumolo agreed, adding, “ Bridesmaids ” was like, when you’re making a movie together it’s like having a baby together. And it takes years to get movies made. And ‘Bridesmaids’ took many years to be made making that was almost a movie in itself. “
“Because it’s been so many years and you felt like we removed that from us, it’s that part has been removed,” she continued. “And we need a great one – you need a story and otherwise, you know, it’s not worth doing.”
Bridesmaids made $ 288 million worldwide and earned several awards and accolades, including two nominations at the 2012 Academy Awards: The film was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Wiig and Mumolo and Best Supporting Actress for Melissa McCarthy.
Following the success of the film, it was reported that Universal was considering making a sequel without Wiig and Mumolo as co-writers. While director Paul Feig told Vanity Fair that he was “very open” to a sequel at the time, it turned out that the plans had been canceled.
