A decade ago, Sandra Bullock had pledged that she would never again make a sequel to one of her many memorable movies. It was 2013, the year she and Melissa McCarthy released the buddy cop comedy The Heat, which grossed nearly $230 million at the worldwide box office.

While simultaneously making the awards rounds for Gravity that year, press relentlessly asked if she would return for a second film with McCarthy. “I’m not doing a sequel to The Heat,” she said at the time and added, “I’ve done two sequels — [Speed 2 and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous]. They were horrible. What Melissa and I had was beautiful. We might do another film together. I think we should do a silent film together.”