InBird Box,Sandra Bullock’s character is focused on staying alive — and averting her eyes — as a mysterious force threatens the population. Why? Simply seeing the monster causes people to die.
But when she wasn’t fighting for her life or her children’s, the Oscar winner, 54, helped lighten the mood between takes of thedramatic thriller.
“Sandy is this super cool person who manages to keep a funny, positive vibe on set even when you’re doing heavy content matter,”Bird Box‘sDanielle Macdonaldtells PEOPLE. “She’s a really good connector of people. Sandy’s just the life of the party. She loops everyone in and makes you feel really comfortable really quickly.”
Macdonald inBird Box.Netflix
Macdonald, who plays expectant mom Olympia, especially appreciated the atmosphere Bullock created given the weight of her role.
“I’m quite emotional in most of my scenes, so it was nice to have that kind of reprieve and downtime on set,” the Australian actress, 27, says. “Getting in that mindset of crying all day, you tend to get a headache.”
Filming in Los Angeles allowed Macdonald to relax with friends — both furry and human — at home when she wasn’t shooting.
“When I would get off set, I would meet up with my friends or I would go cuddle with my animals,” she says. “Maybe watch some cheesy, fun show or movie, or something like that just to get me in a good headspace. Then the next day, get back into it.”
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Coming together off-screen turned the cast into a family in the same manner facing an unknown predator does in the movie.
“These explosive strangers from completely different backgrounds, different ages and everything, they come together in this house to ward off this unseen threat,” Macdonald says. “It’s so much about keeping everyone alive and that family connection that ends up being created, and really doing anything to the people that you love. It was really cool to find that family connection with each other.”
Sandra Bullock inBird Box.Netflix
And she understandsBird Boxis hard to explain to someone who hasn’t seen it yet.
“It’s kind of a post-apocalyptic thriller type movie,” thePatti Cake$ starsays. “It’s a hard one to define, genre-wise.”
“I love Disney movies,” Macdonald raves.
Bird Box, also starringSarah Paulson,is out now on Netflix and in select theaters.
source: people.com
