Kristen Wiig just shot down the idea of ever doing a Bridesmaids sequel in the near future.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the upcoming Apple TV+ series, Palm Royal, the star, 50, said a follow up to the 2011 comedy has “never been a conversation.”
“That story had an end, and it’s so beloved to me for 10 million reasons, and I think it’s okay to just have it exist in the world as it is,” the Saturday Night Live alum said of Bridesmaids.
The star co-wrote the film’s screenplay as Annie Walker, who becomes the maid of honor to her best friend Lillian, played by Maya Rudolph.
The iconic comedy also featured the likes of Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, and Melissa McCarthy, which landed her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.
Wiig and co-writer Annie Mumolo also earned a Best Original Screenplay nomination.
Despite the recent comment, McCarthy, 53, admitted that she “would do a Bridesmaids sequel this afternoon, right now.” The star opened up during the cover of PEOPLE’s 2023 Beautiful Issue stating, “That group of women was the most magical thing ever. Almost all of us were really good friends already. I think it was such a magical time,” she recalled.
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When Byrne, 44, spoke to PEOPLE in 2023, she echoed the sentiment, saying she “absolutely would” participate in a sequel “if all the girls were in.”
“It’s a hard act to follow because the first film was so great,” she added. “It was so magical and so beloved.”
Rudolph, 51, joked to Entertainment Tonight that although she’s “down” for another film it “wouldn’t be called Bridesmaids — it would be called Old Ladies.”
In 2017, the movie’s director Paul Feig chimed in at the Tribeca Film Festival about how “sequels are dangerous.”
“People always say they want a sequel to Bridesmaids but the whole reason that movie worked was [Kristen’s character] is a mess and she learned how to repair her life, so you can’t do a sequel and she’s a mess and has to repair her life again,” said the director.
