{"id":62408,"date":"2023-12-15T21:58:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/15\/my-best-friends-wedding-what-the-cast-has-said-about-a-sequel\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T21:58:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:58:27","slug":"my-best-friends-wedding-what-the-cast-has-said-about-a-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/15\/my-best-friends-wedding-what-the-cast-has-said-about-a-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding\u2019: What the Cast Has Said About a Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"


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My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding<\/em> fans have been saying a little prayer for a sequel since the \u201890s, and much of the film\u2019s cast is in agreement.<\/p>\n

The romantic comedy premiered in 1997 and follows Julianne (Julia Roberts<\/strong><\/a>), a food journalist who realizes she is in love with her best friend Michael (Dermot Mulroney<\/strong><\/a>) after he gets engaged to Kimmy (Cameron Diaz<\/strong><\/a>). To win Michael over, Julianne spends the week before his wedding trying to break him and Kimmy up. Things take a turn for the more complicated when she brings in her gay BFF George (Rupert Everett<\/strong>) to play her pretend fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really got lucky coming together,\u201d Roberts told E! Daily Pop<\/em><\/a> in April 2022.\u00a0 \u201cNone of us knew each other before we made the movie, and we just had a really great chemistry. It just worked. I mean, we all really liked each other. Dermot and I are still really great friends \u2014 we talk all the time, And I think that that is a testament to the beautiful time that we all had making this film together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rom-com, which was directed by P.J. Hogan<\/strong>, was shot on location in Chicago and marked Roberts\u2019 return to the genre that made her famous with 1990\u2019s Pretty Woman<\/em>. While it eventually went on to be a box office hit \u2014 bringing in a domestic gross of $127 million \u2014 it initially faced harsh reviews in test screenings from viewers who were disappointed in the movie\u2019s original ending, which saw Julianne finding love with a wedding guest (John Corbett<\/strong>) after being turned down by Michael.<\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/i>The focus group didn\u2019t want Julianne to have a happy ending,\u201d Hogan explained to Entertainment Weekly<\/em> <\/a>in 2019. \u201cThey still hadn\u2019t forgiven her. They just weren\u2019t ready for her to end up in the arms of another guy. I thought the answer was George, because the film really worked when Rupert was on camera. Rupert and Julia\u2019s chemistry is so great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hogan tweaked the final act in the film to have Julianne walk off into the sunset with her platonic soulmate, George, instead.<\/p>\n

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