While one wouldn’t have necessarily thought to put Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy together, the result ended up producing a good amount of laughs.
However, this wasn’t the duo that was suppose to headline The Heat at first.
While we’re curious to see how this story would have been turned out with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as the leads, putting Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy together turned out to be a good move.
However, director Paul Feig was interested in making a movie with Melissa McCarthy, Dippold thought back to the actress’ performance in Bridesmaids and realized she was a good fit.