I’ve kvetched before about how all the wrong movies seem to spawn reboots, but know this: you will never hear me arguing against a sequel to the 2011 buddy comedy Bridesmaids, which made me laugh so helplessly when I first saw it that I somehow strained a rib.
As fate would have it, viewers of the 2026 Oscars on Sunday night were blessed with a mini-Bridesmaids reunion—introduced by an instrumental cover of “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips—courtesy of stars Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, and Ellie Kemper, who were on hand at the Dolby Theatre to celebrate the film’s 15th anniversary (and to present the Oscars for best score and best sound).
“I cannot believe that it’s been 15 years. Now, we are not good with numbers, but we figured out backstage that means we shot this movie in 1883,” Wiig said onstage, deploying her signature comedic timing before she and her costars engaged in a fun little bit involving reading fake letters from various celebrities in the crowd aloud (Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Benicio Del Toro, and Stellan Skarsgård again among them).
Oscars Sunday was already a big night for Byrne, who was nominated for best actress for her performance in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You; and for her part, Rudolph had an especially exciting date night with longtime partner Paul Thomas Anderson, who took home the highly coveted Oscars for best director, best adapted screenplay, and best picture for his film One Battle After Another.
Ultimately, though, the girls’-trip energy of the Bridesmaids gang reuniting—granted, minus Wendi McLendon-Covey, sadly—made me long to see a sequel in theaters. Give the people what they crave, Paul Feig!
