Sandra Bullock Worried Lost City Shoot Would Kill Daniel Radcliffe
Sandra Bullock reminisces about a scene where she worried for her co-star Daniel Radcliffe's life while filming The Lost City. In the vein of Romancing the Stone, The Lost City - which comes to theaters tomorrow, March 25, 2022 - is an adventure-based romantic comedy. The film was directed by Adam and Aaron Nee from a screenplay they co-wrote with Oren Uziel and Dana Fox.
Daniel Radcliffe stars in The Lost City as the villain Fairfax, an eccentric billionaire who funds a death-defying mission to South America. He kidnaps romance novelist Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock), whose most recent novel The Lost City of D contains details that convince him that the city is real and she knows where it is. The only person who can save her is Alan Caprison (Channing Tatum), her handsome but dim-witted cover model who portrays her series' lead character Dash McMahon.
Recently, EW held an Around the Table discussion with the cast and crew of The Lost City. The crew had fun reminiscing about some of the more dangerous and terrifying moments of their shoot in the Dominican Republic. During the conversation, Aaron Nee revealed that he and his brother were worried Radcliffe would pull out of the production because "I think Adam and I thought, 'Oh no, we've just gotten Daniel here and we're going to throw him in the ocean.'" Sandra Bullock rephrased it more bluntly, saying "And now, we're going to kill him."
Contrary to what Sandra Bullock thought on set, Daniel Radcliffe has previously stated that he had a terrific time on set playing a villain. In fact, he revealed that he thought he had the easiest job of anybody there, saying that they "did quite a grueling physical shoot, and I was having a very chill time." According to his comments in the Around the Table discussion, the closest he got to anything physically challenging was a scene that involved him staying in a cave for hours, where he jokingly insists he had to pee in the corner. Other than that, though, it sounds like Radcliffe's time on set was mostly smooth sailing while Bullock and Tatum had to actually traverse through the jungle and do some of the more difficult filming.
The Lost City is certainly gearing up to be an action-packed romp on the back of these potentially scarring moments. Early reviews for the Bullock film have been positive, landing it at a 76% on Rotten Tomatoes ahead of its official premiere. Thankfully, this would seem to prove that any and all moments where the cast put themselves in terrifying situations were worth it to provide audiences with a satisfying, thrilling experience.
Source: EW