Gabrielle Union has expressed that she’s open to the idea of starring in a sequel to her cheerleading classic “Bring It On,” which was released back in 2000. The motion picture, starring Union and Kirsten Dunst, has been rumored to be receiving the reboot treatment for years, while previous reports asserted there were talks of a sequel, though these plans never actually came to fruition.
Now, however, Union is adding her thoughts to the conversation, saying that from what she’s heard, there could very well be a chance fans will get a second installment to the flick after all. When asked about the possibility of another “Bring It On” movie, the actress shared, “I’ve heard many takes over the years, but I’m hearing some really great takes from some big-name writers that are very surprising.”
Hmmmm so Isis might have a teenager 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😳🤷🏾♀️🙏🏾 #BringItOn https://t.co/7xEAVmrSwc
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) August 25, 2022
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The success of “Bring It On” brought along six direct-to-video sequels, none of which actually included the original cast. Many fans of the first film often disregard the straight-to-DVD editions that followed after the first film was released, mainly because the storyline was nowhere near as good — at least that’s what fans have said.
Union already has an idea of where her character, Isis, would be two decades later, telling Entertainment Tonight that she would love to play the role from the perspective of a mother whose daughter is now part of a cheerleading team herself.
“Imagine if her daughter was, ya know, a high stepper from Jackson State, Hawthorne State or Hampton,” she gushed. “There’s so many forms of cheerleading that we don’t get to celebrate. The possibilities are endless.”
Union celebrated the 22nd anniversary of the film’s release on August 25 when she reacted to a tweet paying tribute to the flick, teasing that there would be a possibility of a follow-up somewhere down the line.
“Hmmmm so Isis might have a teenager,” she wrote alongside a string of thinking and praying emojis.
Gabrielle Union and Jeremy Pope kicked off the Variety #TIFF studio alongside their director Elegance Bratton. https://t.co/YThOvWAMKu@itsgabrielleu @jrmypope @A24 pic.twitter.com/hCDv6ECM7i
— Variety (@Variety) September 9, 2022
Her ideas about a sequel come just months after she reiterated her stance on a potential follow-up in an interview with ComicBook, saying, “We all have an interest in revisiting it. During the pandemic, around the 20th anniversary of Bring it On, we all were, you know, together all the time doing these panels and talking about the movie and the making of the movie and all of our wild hijinks.
“But yeah, then we got really serious about, “We should update this”, you know, like bring it up to where are they now.”