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Like Bend It, Beckham is ready for the sequel after more than 20 years of its release, its director confirmed the BBC.
Gurinder Chadha launched a revival at Basel on Saturday, where England lionesses are preparing to face world champions Spain in Sunday’s Euro 2025 finals.
The 2002 film, in which Cira Knightley and Parminder Nagra were acted, is credited with motivating a generation of women to take football.
“We are part of changing the game for women, so it seemed that it was a good time for me to go back and examine the characters,” he said.
Chadha has placed 2027 for the next installment for the next installment for the next installment to mark both the 25th anniversary of the film and the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil.
She said she was still uncertain as to what the sequel could take, but suggested that it could be either another film or television series.
The director told the BBC that he was asked about twice a week as the original film was released to come up with the sequel.
“A lot has changed since the original film, but I think people still don’t think that women should play football,” she said.
“There are people who still do not take it seriously, although lionesses are riding high.”
“I left it for a while, but I thought: Look at the Euro, look at the lioness.”
Chadha said that she not only expects to re -introduce the original artists, but will be “queued” to take members of the current England squad into cameo roles.
Earning about £ 60m at a budget of £ 3.5m, bend it like Beckham was a surprising hit that told the story of a young British-Indian girl with a passion for football.
Chadha told the BBC that he did not expect that the original would be so successful.
His intention, he said, “The upliftment girls, girls, who had grown up like me, who were always being told how to wear clothes, how to see, what to say, what not to say”.
“What I did, you can do what you want, and you can do it all, and I think it is a very good message to keep it out again. I think it’s still there is stuff to say, and to challenge.”