Jeff Bridges and John Turturro Both Have Ideas for ‘The Big Lebowski’ Sequels
It’s just, like, their opinion, man, but Jeff Bridges and John Turturro both have thoughts on potential sequels to “The Big Lebowski” — and in a stark contrast to their bowling-alley rivalry in the Coen Brothers’ cult classic, the two are largely in agreement here.
Turturro has been on the record for years about wanting to make a spinoff centering around his character of (the) Jesus, with whom nobody fucks, but he told THR that the ongoing process is a “very complicated legal situation” that his lawyers have advised him not to discuss publicly. Even so, the Dude continues to abide: “I think it’s a great idea,” Bridges told Business Insider.
Turturro has also said that the Coens would not direct his proposed spinoff, though they still would be involved somehow — the film is “something they would support with me,” he said. Ever agreeable, Bridges has said it “might be fun playing a little cameo as the Dude,” though he has his own idea for a 21st-century Lebowski.
“I’m hoping they make a little Lebowski because it’s all set up,” Bridges added. “I impregnated Maude. As The Stranger says, ‘There’s a little Lebowski on the way,’ you know?” Such an endeavor could certainly be a natural, zesty enterprise, though it would apparently entail a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous.
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