Web sites, gossip blogs and even legitimate entertainment outlets have been hinting for months that Kevin Costner is in talks for a āBull Durhamā sequel.
We asked him about that during a phone call to chat up his forthcoming major label country CD, āUntold Truths,ā due out next Tuesday. Hereās what he had to say about the rumor:
āIāve been hearing that and Iāve been asked that before. As it turns out I was with (director Ron) Shelton , Timmy (Tim Robbins) and Sue (Susan Sarandon) about two weeks ago. We were at (Robbinsā 50th) birthday party. … And Shelton and Tim and Sue never said anything to me about this, so if it is happening, I think theyāve cut me out.ā
But would you do it if they asked?: āIf I liked the writing, I would do it. Iāve never made a sequel, and itās not that Iām against them, itās just not in my nature to repeat myself. But if somebody wrote something that I thought had a natural sequel to it like āMr. Brooks,ā which was written as a trilogy, I would do it. But it somehow has to please me. I know it would be pleasing to the bank account. But it would have to please me. … I never start unless I think they have a chance to be great.ā