Bullock turns baddie in ‘Minions’

LONDON: Sandra Bullock has played a medical engineer in space in “Gravity” and an undercover FBI agent posing as a beauty pageant model in “Miss Congeniality,” but she takes on her first villainous role in the animated “Minions.”
In “Minions,” a “Despicable Me” spin-off out in theaters on July 10, Bullock supplies the voice of the glamorous Scarlett Overkill, who wants the small yellow minions to help her get the British crown jewels. Commenting on the huge reaction to “Minions” at the London premiere, she said: “It was the Minions. I think love like that can only be for little, yellow pill-shaped creatures with eyeballs.”
Her role of Scarlett Overkill is not exactly a Cruella de Vil-type character. “I said I don’t want her to be Cruella de Vil. Cruella was perfect for “101 Dalmations.” I loved that they showed (Scarlett) having a loving relationship with her husband, he dug her. ... They worked as a great team together. ... I wanted my son to see a couple that was into each other,” said Sandra.
Asked if she feels the pressure to push the boundaries more for women as one of Hollywood’s leading actresses, she said: “I always loved pushing roles to be something more than the way they were written, saying women are a little more multidimensional, and I was allowed to do it. I didn’t really feel that glass ceiling pushing down on me so hard until I got to a certain level when I should’ve felt freer, and when it happened I was devastated.