{"id":37862,"date":"2023-10-11T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1905533"},"modified":"2023-10-11T14:30:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T12:30:48","slug":"bend-it-like-beckham-director-finally-teases-sequel-idea","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bend-it-like-beckham-director-finally-teases-sequel-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Bend It Like Beckham director finally teases sequel idea"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I’m starting to percolate an idea for a possible sequel of some kind.” <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 11 October 2023 at 10:00 AM<\/p>

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Gurinder Chadha, the director and co-writer of 2002\u00a0football\u00a0comedy-drama film Bend it Like Beckham, has revealed that she has recently started to \u201cpercolate an idea\u201d for a sequel.<\/p>\n

The original film starred Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and followed two young girls who dreamed of being professional footballers, despite their parents\u2019 wishes.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Metro.co.uk<\/a> about the potential for a sequel, Chadha said: \u201cWith all this talk of the World Cup and the popularity of women\u2019s football, in the past I haven\u2019t thought about.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never really wanted to make a sequel to the film, because I just thought the way Parminder and Keira played it, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Archie Panjabi, I could never really follow that up and create that same magic in the same way.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut with the recent success of football, I just feel like I\u2019m starting to percolate an idea for a possible sequel of some kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley in Bend it Like Beckham<\/span><\/figcaption> Film Council \/ LionsGate<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The film was one of the earliest in Knightley\u2019s career, after she had previously appeared in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. She has since gone on to star in the Pirates of the Caribbean<\/a> series, Love Actually<\/a> and many more films.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Nagra has had roles in numerous series, including Maternal<\/a> and Agents of SHIELD, and is currently starring in ITV police drama DI Ray<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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