Sandra Bullock inThe Unforgivable.Photo: KIMBERLEY FRENCH/NETFLIXSandra Bullockis sharing details about how preparing for her newest film turned into an inspiring lesson in parenting.The Oscar winner, 57, plays an incarcerated woman trying to reenter society in the upcomingNetflixfilmThe Unforgivable, and in researching the movie, Bullock met with real-life women behind bars.“One of my tattoos was in honor of one of the women that I got to interview that helped me with insight to my daughter,” thePractical MagicstartoldExtraon Monday.The star revealed to PEOPLE in 2015 that she had adopted a daughter, Laila, who had been in foster care in Louisiana.“She, too, went through the foster care system and there was something that was similar and she says, ‘Oh, my God, that happened to me. That’s who I was.’ " Bullock said.“I got home and I go, ‘How is it that I went there to get her story, and I left there being a better parent because of the gift that she gave me?’ “In addition to Laila, 9, Bullock is also has a son Louis, 11, whom sheadopted in 2010.RELATED VIDEO:Hoda KotbSays Sandra Bullock Gave Her Guidance on Adoption: She Showed That ‘Someone Like Me of the Same Age Could Do These Things’As for the tattoo that the interaction inspired, the star said “it was a barbed wire with a butterfly on it.“Bullock also shared that in researching the new film and speaking to incarcerated women, it became important for her to share “the truth of their journey to how they got there.“Bullock stars in and is a producer onThe Unforgivable, which marks her second project with Netflix after 2018’s wildly successful thrillerBird Box.Unforgivablealso stars Jon Bernthal, Vincent D’Onofrio andViola Davis.Of her duties as producer and what it took to assemble such a cast, theSpeedstar toldExtra,“Sometimes you have to beg… and I have no problem begging. Everybody came with such power. It was incredible.“The Unforgivabledebuts in theaters on November 24 and premieres on Netflix December 10.
Sandra Bullock inThe Unforgivable.Photo: KIMBERLEY FRENCH/NETFLIX
Sandra Bullockis sharing details about how preparing for her newest film turned into an inspiring lesson in parenting.The Oscar winner, 57, plays an incarcerated woman trying to reenter society in the upcomingNetflixfilmThe Unforgivable, and in researching the movie, Bullock met with real-life women behind bars.“One of my tattoos was in honor of one of the women that I got to interview that helped me with insight to my daughter,” thePractical MagicstartoldExtraon Monday.The star revealed to PEOPLE in 2015 that she had adopted a daughter, Laila, who had been in foster care in Louisiana.“She, too, went through the foster care system and there was something that was similar and she says, ‘Oh, my God, that happened to me. That’s who I was.’ " Bullock said.“I got home and I go, ‘How is it that I went there to get her story, and I left there being a better parent because of the gift that she gave me?’ “In addition to Laila, 9, Bullock is also has a son Louis, 11, whom sheadopted in 2010.RELATED VIDEO:Hoda KotbSays Sandra Bullock Gave Her Guidance on Adoption: She Showed That ‘Someone Like Me of the Same Age Could Do These Things’As for the tattoo that the interaction inspired, the star said “it was a barbed wire with a butterfly on it.“Bullock also shared that in researching the new film and speaking to incarcerated women, it became important for her to share “the truth of their journey to how they got there.“Bullock stars in and is a producer onThe Unforgivable, which marks her second project with Netflix after 2018’s wildly successful thrillerBird Box.Unforgivablealso stars Jon Bernthal, Vincent D’Onofrio andViola Davis.Of her duties as producer and what it took to assemble such a cast, theSpeedstar toldExtra,“Sometimes you have to beg… and I have no problem begging. Everybody came with such power. It was incredible.“The Unforgivabledebuts in theaters on November 24 and premieres on Netflix December 10.
Sandra Bullockis sharing details about how preparing for her newest film turned into an inspiring lesson in parenting.
The Oscar winner, 57, plays an incarcerated woman trying to reenter society in the upcomingNetflixfilmThe Unforgivable, and in researching the movie, Bullock met with real-life women behind bars.
“One of my tattoos was in honor of one of the women that I got to interview that helped me with insight to my daughter,” thePractical MagicstartoldExtraon Monday.
The star revealed to PEOPLE in 2015 that she had adopted a daughter, Laila, who had been in foster care in Louisiana.
“She, too, went through the foster care system and there was something that was similar and she says, ‘Oh, my God, that happened to me. That’s who I was.’ " Bullock said.
“I got home and I go, ‘How is it that I went there to get her story, and I left there being a better parent because of the gift that she gave me?’ "
In addition to Laila, 9, Bullock is also has a son Louis, 11, whom sheadopted in 2010.
RELATED VIDEO:Hoda KotbSays Sandra Bullock Gave Her Guidance on Adoption: She Showed That ‘Someone Like Me of the Same Age Could Do These Things’
As for the tattoo that the interaction inspired, the star said “it was a barbed wire with a butterfly on it.”
Bullock also shared that in researching the new film and speaking to incarcerated women, it became important for her to share “the truth of their journey to how they got there.”
Bullock stars in and is a producer onThe Unforgivable, which marks her second project with Netflix after 2018’s wildly successful thrillerBird Box.
Unforgivablealso stars Jon Bernthal, Vincent D’Onofrio andViola Davis.
Of her duties as producer and what it took to assemble such a cast, theSpeedstar toldExtra,“Sometimes you have to beg… and I have no problem begging. Everybody came with such power. It was incredible.”
The Unforgivabledebuts in theaters on November 24 and premieres on Netflix December 10.
source: people.com
