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Sandra Bullock voices Scarlet Overkill – the
world’s first female super-villain
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Sandra
Bullock is one of a handful of Hollywood stars joining Despicable Me's lovable,
pill-shaped creatures the minions - as they take centre stage with their own
movie spin-off.
It's been 17 years since Sandra Bullock last starred in an
animated film, lending her voice to Moses' sister Miriam in Disney's Prince of
Egypt.
But when asked about her decision to join the cast of Minions,
she couldn't have responded quicker.
"My son," she smiles. "I wanted to do something
that he could see, that I was in."
Bullock has an adopted son called Louis, who travelled with her
to London ahead of the movie's world premiere.
It sounds like a glamorous life for the much-papped
five-year-old, but Bullock points out that "he doesn't know what I do.
"I've started telling him that I go and make stories, but
he doesn't quite care what that's about - nor do I want him to."
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Bullock says we love the minions because they
"have such sweetness and good will" |
So he doesn't
realise his mum is one of Hollywood's highest-paid movie stars?
"[The phrase] 'famous movie star' doesn't really mean
anything, does it? We're supposed to embarrass them! You're not supposed to
have respect from your kid."
She gushes that her son loves physical humour and animation, and
because she loves to hear him laugh, joining Minions was a no-brainer.
The film is a spin-off prequel to Despicable Me and Despicable
Me 2. The latter alone took $970.8 million (£616m) at the worldwide box office,
and it was the top grossing film of 2013 in the UK.
In Minions, it transpires the yellow creatures have actually been
serving despicable masters since time began, from dinosaurs to vampires - but
because of their accident-prone ways, they have been completely unsuccessful at
keeping their jobs.
Without a master to serve, they are driven into a depression,
before one of the more proactive minions, Kevin, hatches a plan to find someone
new to work for.
Along with fellow minions Stuart and Bob, they head to a villain
convention which leads them to their next potential master - Bullock's Scarlet
Overkill, the world's first-ever female super-villain.
Overkill proves a contrast to the Oscar-winner's usual roles,
which have given her the reputation of America's sweetheart.
"I still don't know what that means, but I'll take
it," she laughs.
