Any Regrets? “Oh no, I’ve kept it up. I do the full Brazil. Rumble in the jungle!”
Changes in Sandra Bullock Over the Years: Diedrich Bader and Sandra Bullock worked together back in 1989 on the TV movie, The Preppie Murder.” Bader claims Bullock hasn’t changed one iota since that time. “She is exactly the same. It’s a remarkable story. It’s like she’s frozen in time. She doesn’t even look any older, which is kind of scary. But no, her attitude is still wonderful and professional and she is a wonderful, down to earth girl. She is exactly as she appears on the screen, which is rare.”
The Appeal of the “Miss Congeniality 2:” “I think it’s really fun. The whole idea is basically what happens when the dream that you’ve always had your entire life is to be something, and the ability to do that is taken away from you. What do you do? Where do you go? And then put that in the context of a comedy, I think that’s something people will associate with.”
Taking His Stylist Character Over the Top: “I always take it over the top so the number one direction I got from John Pasquin, the wonderful director, was bring it down. ‘Bring it down just a little bit. Let’s say if there were a 10, let’s bring it down to a 4.’”
Finding Something to Relate to in This Character: Standing next to his beautiful wife, Bader joked, “Just that I have really started liking men…”
ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS FROM THE “MISS CONGENIALITY 2” PREMIERE:
Sandra Bullock / Heather Burns / Abraham Benrubi / John Pasquin & Marc Lawrence
Premiere Guests – Shohreh Aghdashloo / James Denton / Kim Raver
