Remember Play It Like Beckham, that film about women’s soccer in England that featured Keira Knightley in 2002… well, it might have a sequel, as the film’s director Gurinder Chadha has revealed.
“I never wanted to do a sequel because I thought the way Parminder and Kira acted and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Archie Panjabi, I could never go on and create the same magic.– he said in an interview with Metro UK (Deadline). “But with the recent success of football, I just feel like I’m starting to kind of spark the idea of a possible sequel in some way.“
Gurinder Chadha Wrote sports comedy-drama with Guljit Bindra and Paul Mayeda Burgess. Apart from heroines Parminder Nagrasa (Emergency) and Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean), the film also starred Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors), Archie Panjab (The Good Wife), Juliet Stevenson (Desert Flower), Anupam Kher (The Mumbai Attack), Shaheen Khan (You’ll Meet the Beautiful. and The Dark Stranger) or the English Singer-songwriter Shaznay Lewis, member of All Saints.
remind you Play as Beckham follows two young women, Jessminder (Parminder Nagra) and Jules (Keira Knightley), as they pursue their dream of becoming professional footballers, inspired by David Beckham and despite their parents’ wishes. David and Victoria Beckham also make brief appearances in the film.
And Harrison Ford in all of this?
over the years, Gurinder Chadha He talked about how difficult it was to get his film greenlit and that he was told it would never happen.Because you will never find an Indian girl who can “play like Beckham”“.
“You think Harrison Ford jumps out of helicopters ?” replied the director, who then met Harrison Ford in Cannes and told him the story. The latter’s answer: “Well, I’m so glad I could help you with your career… and by the way, I jump out of helicopters.“
Although the example was not good, the film became a cult over the years and Parminder Nagra Successfully taking on the role, it also highlighted the British Indian community and rose to prominence Keira KnightleyA question of expectations for young women in the world of football.
To rediscover Play It Like Beckham, you’ll have to turn to the DVD releases.
Source: Allocine
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