Sandra Bullock Bullock Battles Love Interest in Miss Congeniality Sequel

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) -- Sandra Bullock says her role as producer, as well as star, helped her get her way when agreeing to do a sequel to her romantic comedy 'Miss Congeniality' for Warner Bros. -- so she cut out the love interest.
In the original hit in 2000, she played an undercover agent who entered a beauty pageant and she falls for a fellow agent played by Benjamin Bratt. Now, five years later, the sequel is more of a female buddy comedy, co-starring a tough cop played by Regina King from 'Ray.'

'It's a testament to Sandy and the fact that she's a hands-on producer that she won her fight with Warner Brothers,' King says to Zap2it.com in an interview on Saturday. 'She said we can do it without falling for a guy. She fought for that. She fought for that to the end.'
Bullock says she didn't think the story should continue as a romantic comedy.
'My love interest was Regina,' Bullock says. 'It's a great love story there and it's about having to face who I was and what I'm not anymore and she has to learn to soften up some of her edges and she's got her journey. I wanted an equal partner in this film to carry this film with me and tell the story.'
'Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous' opens Thursday, March 24.