Bullock repeatedly turned down 'Blind Side' role

Sandra Bullock kept turning down her role in ‘The Blind Side’ because she was unsure she could do the role justice.

The actress plays a wealthy woman who takes in a homeless teenager who goes on to play college football in the movie – which is based on a novel by Michael Lewis – and admits she was worried about “messing up” the part.

She said: "I don't even remember saying yes to the movie. I kept turning it down. Not because I didn't like it, but because I didn't know how to do it. I didn't know how to make it the story that it deserves to be. I couldn't bring to the role what it needed.

"These are the kinds of roles that actresses can mess up, and that's one of the reasons I didn't want to step into it! I didn't know how to make it as good as the story.”

Despite her hesitation, Sandra admits she was glad she eventually accepted the role.

She added to US TV show ‘Extra’: “I'm glad I did it. It's still a scary thought for me. I don't know how I did it, but I had a lot of time to prepare for it."