Soccer, which is known as soccer in america, has grown in recognition over time, particularly ladies’s soccer. Then after all you’ve bought the hit sequence Ted Lasso, the brand new and standard David Beckham documentary on Netflix, after which there’s Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s Welcome to Wrexham sequence.
With Footaball a significant type of leisure proper now, director Gurinder Chadha is now pondering it’s time for a Bend It Like Beckham sequel. In an interview with Metro Chadha talked in regards to the rising recognition of girls’s soccer and the way it’s making her take into consideration making the sequel, saying:
“I by no means actually wished to make a sequel to the movie as a result of I simply thought the way in which Parminder [Nagra] and Keira [Knightley] performed it, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Archie Panjabi, I may by no means actually observe that up and create that very same magic in the identical means. However with the current success of soccer, I simply really feel like I am beginning to percolate an concept for a potential sequel of some variety.”
Bend it Like Beckham was launched over 20 years in the past, The story revolves round Jesminder “Jess” Bhamra, a younger British Indian lady with a deep ardour for soccer, a lot to the dismay of her conventional Sikh mother and father who’ve particular expectations for his or her daughter, significantly regarding her future and marriage. When Jess is obtainable a possibility to hitch an area ladies’s soccer staff, she turns into mates along with her teammate, Jules, and the 2 navigate the challenges of their respective household pressures and societal norms.
As Jess secretly pursues her dream, the narrative dives into the conflict between her household’s conventional values and her need to play soccer, impressed by her idol, David Beckham. The movie is an excellent heartfelt coming-of-age story that audiences loved.
I feel a sequel to the movie would do rather well proper now as a result of there’s really a really large marketplace for it. Would you be considering watching a Bend It Like Beckham sequel? The query is, would the story embody the identical characters from the unique movie or observe new characters? I think about it will most likely be just a little of each.
