Bend It Like Beckham director explains why now is the time for a sequel

Bend It Like Beckham director explains why now is the time for a sequelSource: BBC

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00:00Everyone loves it and it's hard to come back creatively with something when it's

00:06so well loved in the public so I left it left it a while but I thought look at

00:11the euros look at the lionesses look what's happening I mean we've been part

00:16of changing the game for women so it felt like this is a good time for me to

00:21go back and investigate the characters and what would they be doing 25 years

00:27later I mean a lot has changed since the original movie but I think that people

00:35still don't think women should play football I mean there are you know people

00:39who still don't take it seriously so although we've got the lionesses running

00:44high