Sandra Bullock has shared a touching memory of the late Dolly Parton, who she worked alongside in 2005’s Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous. The legendary country singer-songwriter and philanthropist played herself in the film, although Bullock’s FBI agent character Gracie Hart think she’s a fake and tackles her to the ground.
At the premiere for Practical Magic 2, a day after it was announced that Parton had died at the age of 80, Bullock recalled how the icon was very humble and down-to-Earth when she turned up to the set (via The Independent).
“I hated flying for the longest time, and I used to just take a tour bus everywhere and I would sleep in the tour bus”, the actor explained. “(Dolly) came to Vegas, and she pulled her tour bus up next to mine. I think it was pink – of course.”
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Bullock continued: “And I said, ‘OK, so Miss Parton, we’ve got a hotel in the room for you’. She goes, ‘No, I’ll stay in the bus’.
“I went ‘oh, OK, so where do you want to do your hair and makeup?’ and she goes, ‘I want to do it on the bus’.
“I went, ‘well, where do you want to sleep?’, and she goes, ‘oh, I’ll sleep on the bus’ – and I went, ‘I’m sleeping on the bus!’ So she and I slept side by side on buses.
“All the people here and in the world will never amount to what Dolly Parton is. She’s here. She sprinkles everywhere. She’s not going anywhere.”
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One of the latest tributes to be posted in memory of the iconic singer comes from Parton’s goddaughter Miley Cyrus, who wrote: “I will always love her and want to make her proud. My heart breaks for the world, her family and friends who will miss her deeply.
“We’re in this loss together and we will see her in all of the most beautiful things.”
The date of the megastar’s death actually has a long-standing meaning for Cyrus, making her passing even more sad.
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous can be streamed now on Netflix, Prime Video, NOW/Sky, HBO Max and ITVX. Practical Magic 2 will be released in cinemas on 10 September.
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