Sandra Bullock Used Her Movie & TV Awards Speech To Reveal Why She Really Made Bird Box

Things got off to a ~spooky~ begin at the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards, with the initial Golden Popcorn trophy recognizing the year's Most Frightened Efficiency. While nominees from Halloween, Hereditary, and The Haunting of Hill House were all worthy contenders, MTV veteran Sandra Bullock was the ultimate victor, thanks to her scared-senseless role in Netflix's post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box.


The actress — who, by the way, was seated at the most hype table indoor within the show, alongside Lizzo, Tessa Thompson, Tiffany Haddish, Melissa McCarthy, and Elisabeth Moss — used her acceptance speech to reveal the real reason why she wanted to take the blindfold-friendly role.


"I made Bird Box because my children asked me why I never made anything for them," she mentioned. "So any time Bird Box crossed my path, I knew this was a story I required to prepare because it was about family member. And Once I finished the film, I went to my babies and I mentioned, 'Here, mommy made this for you. And although you can't visualize it up until you're 21 — because apparently a movie about being a mommy is a horror film — you will know whenever you visualize it that there isn't anything that I wouldn't do for you."


Bullock recounted how she instructed her kids that, much like her fiercely protective character in the movie, she'll dedicate her life to keeping them safe because "family's what you fight for."


"And any time Whenever I was finished," she continued, "my son looked at me with his big, cute eyes and he mentioned, 'Mommy, it was superhero movies I was talking about. Those are the films you must be making. Superheroes are the ones doing the critical work now I grounded him."


But, Bullock gushed that she was overjoyed have the ability to bring her son to the awards show so that he might meet real-life superheroes like Gal Gadot and Brie Larson, a.K.A. Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel, and also trailblazers like Jada Pinkett Smith. Powerful ladies supporting fellow powerful women: that's something we can all get behind!


Bullock has a long and storied history with MTV, going all of the way back to her breakthrough role in Speed 25 years back. That film earned her three MTV Movie Awards (long before TV shows were included), and she's since earned nominations for her performances in The Proposal, The Blind Side, and Gravity, among others. She also obtained the coveted Generation Award in 2010 for her stellar career achievements, so we can only assume there's an entire bookcase in her house packed with Golden Popcorn trophies. This new one should fit right in.