Sandra Bullock stars in role intended for George Clooney in Our Brand Of Crisis

IT takes a lot to impress Sandra Bullock. So when she couldn’t find a role she liked, she decided to take one of George Clooney’s.

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 01: George Clooney and Sandra Bullock attends the "Gravity" premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on October 1, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

WHEN Sandra Bullock couldn’t find a role she liked, she decided to take one of George Clooney’s.

In the upcoming film Our Brand Of Crisis, the 50-year-old stars as a retired political strategist. But the actor says the role was initially written with her Gravity co-star in mind.

“About two-and-a-half years ago I just put out the feelers saying, ‘I’m not reading anything I’m excited about. Are there any male roles out there that they don’t mind switching to a female role?’” she told Entertainment Weekly.

At the time, Clooney was involved in developing the 2005 doco Our Brand Of Crisis — which focuses on a group of political consultants hired by an unpopular former Bolivian president to get re-elected — into a feature film.

When Bullock put the call-out to Clooney, they decided to change the gender of the lead role to female.

Bullock says the character “Calamity” Jane Bodine is “brilliant at the devious side of politics”.

“She’s an amalgamation of an essence of a few people,” she tells the mag.

“She’s someone who’s superb in her field.

“You don’t get to read roles like this a lot. There’s a lot of unforgivable things that she does, yet somehow you have to cheer for her.”

The Miss Congeniality star acts opposite Billy Bob Thornton — who plays Bodine’s nemesis.

“He’s so good at just being bad, but yet you can’t help still love him,” she says of Thornton.

Bullock’s been filming the drama in Puerto Rico.