This is a rare enough fact to underline: a film crowning a leading Hollywood actress has never been released in French cinemas. The film is The Blind Side, for which Sandra Bullock won the Best Actress Oscar in 2010. Good news: you can find it on Netflix!
In The Blind Side, based on the novel The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game Written in 2006 by Michael Lewis, one of the 12 highest-paid stars in history, Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Ann Tuohy, a wealthy woman who adopts Michael Oher, a young black American of modest origins who is particularly gifted in football. is Thanks to the love of his adopted family and his talent for sports, the boy will find his way…
“I loved the story but I didn’t know how to play my character”Sandra Bullock declared on the Guardian’s microphone. “Eight months later, the director John Lee Hancock Told me I should go see the real Leigh Ann Tuohy so she could explain everything to me. I went to meet her and was really blown away by the energy she exuded. I stopped thinking like an actress when looking at a role, and eventually I let myself be carried by the story.”
For her role as Leigh Ann Tuohy, originally to be played by Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock won the Oscar for Best Actress. The first-time participant in her career at the prestigious ceremony can be proud to have “beaten” the legendary Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren. Note that in the same year, Bullock did the cutest split, winning an award at the Razzie Awards for his performance in All About Steve.
Released directly to VOD in France and therefore passed under the radar, The Blind Side still brought in around $310 million worldwide. What if you discovered this little-known Oscar-winning film on Netflix?
Sandra Bullock recently starred in “Secret of the Lost City”: