Lily Collins Says Sandra Bullock ‘Mothered’ Her While FilmingThe Blind Side: She ‘Took Me Under Her Wing’

Mar. 15, 2025

Lily Collins; Sandra Bullock in ‘The Blind Side’.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic, Warner Bros Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock

Steve Granitz/FilmMagic, Warner Bros Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock

Lily Collinslearned a lot from her onscreen motherSandra Bullock.

“I really appreciated and respected the way that she handled a set and herself,” Collins said, noting that she and Bullock stayed in touch after the movie’s completion.

(Left-right:) Tim McGraw, Lily Collins and Sandra Bullock in ‘The Blind Side’.Warner Bros Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock

Warner Bros Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock

“Even when she didn’t know she was teaching me, she was teaching me because I would watch her on set,” she added. “The way that she spoke to everyone, treated everyone, the questions she asked, and how she just valued her character in ways that I didn’t know going into it that you can value.”

As the lead of her own television series now — Netflix comedyEmily in Paris, which released the first part of itsfourth seasonon Aug. 15 — Collins said watching Bullock on and off-camera while filmingThe Blind Side“made such an impact on me as my first experience to have this amazing, strong, kind female lead the way.”

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Sandra Bullock in 2022.Albert L. Ortega/Getty

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The second part of Collins’Emily in Parisseason 4 will premiere on Netflix Sept. 12. Among Bullock’s upcoming projects isVigilance, a remake of a French thriller.

source: people.com