Sandra Bullock Halted Acting After 2022 Film as Bryan Randall’s ALS Care Strained Her Mental Health
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Updated · The Independent · Aug 24
Sandra Bullock Halted Acting After 2022 Film as Bryan Randall’s ALS Care Strained Her Mental Health
3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Aug 24
Summary
Sandra Bullock said she quit acting after 2022’s The Lost City because caring for partner Bryan Randall, raising two children and filming left her fearing “a little bit of a mental issue.”
On the SmartLess podcast, Bullock recalled returning to Dominican Republic reshoots on only a couple of hours’ sleep, managing about four hours before going home as digital fixes were needed to match her face on screen.
Randall was diagnosed with ALS in 2020 and died in 2023 after asking that his illness remain private, a secrecy Bullock said left her isolated as she began grieving him years before his death.
Bullock said she hired four male nurses for round-the-clock care and a grief therapist for Louis, 16, and Laila, 12, describing caregiving during the pandemic as a “pretty dark” period.