Gabrielle Union Says Her Kids Don’t Care About Her Most Famous Movie

Gabrielle Union is grateful for her function as Isis within the 2000s hit movie “Convey It On,” however her kids, Kaavia, Zaire, Zaya, and Xavier, are utterly unimpressed. In a brand new interview alongside her on-screen rival, Kirsten Dunst, the celebrated actress, additionally recognized for her roles in “Assume Like A Man” and “Being Mary Jane,” mirrored on filming the cheerleading flick that has since grow to be a cult basic. She additionally joked about why she believes her kids may not give a “flying fig” concerning the film that made her a star.

Talking with PEOPLE, Union, 53, confessed that she does not assume her kids have truly seen “Convey It On” in its entirety. “Our older children, I do not know if it is simply children and their dad and mom. They do not care,” she mentioned. “I do not assume I can say that strongly sufficient — completely, positively don’t give a flying fig.”

“Convey It On” premiered in the US in August 2000, grossing $90.5 million towards an $11 million finances. Along with Union and Dunst, the flick starred Eliza Dushku and Jesse Bradford. The film follows cheerleader Torrance Shipman (Dunst), whose world is flipped the wrong way up when she learns that her group’s cheer routines had been stolen from their cross-town rivals, the East Compton Clovers.

Whereas the film may not have gained any Oscars, it has garnered an enormous viewers, and its success and assist have spawned a number of sequels, together with 2004’s “Convey It On Once more” and 2006’s “Convey It On: All or Nothing.” The latest movie, “Convey It On: Cheer or Die,” was launched in 2022.

Elsewhere throughout her interview, Union admitted that being part of the “Convey It On” group means “all the pieces” to her. “Being part of one thing that individuals really feel strongly about, particularly that they really feel positively about, is big and it is very humbling. And also you simply really feel extremely grateful that totally different generations recognize one thing that you’ve got performed,” she mentioned. Union additionally identified how elated she will get when she sees folks of all ages embracing the magic of “Convey It On,” calling it a “fairly gratifying however humbling feeling.”

Within the interview, Union and Dunst additionally mirrored on what it was like to observe their movie attain heights they weren’t anticipating, with Union saying the film “rapidly turned its personal factor.” She famous that she first seen the film’s affect when she was in San Francisco a yr after its launch and noticed a gaggle of individuals dressed as characters from the movie in a parade.

Dunst, in the meantime, noticed the movie’s affect nearly instantly. “I keep in mind there was just a little group of us that went to CityWalk opening weekends they usually allow us to sneak in to simply have a look at the theaters,” she mentioned. “And each theater was packed! I did not know that this may be so successful, however there’s by no means been a cheerleading film, and I believe it was simply forward of its time.”

And whereas Dunst can recognize the love that followers nonetheless present the film to today, they doubtless will not be catching the “Energy of the Canine” actress in a revival of any kind. “No. I’m like, depart good issues the place they’re,” Dunst advised Entertainment Weekly in September 2025. “I don’t must placed on a cheerleading outfit. I don’t even know what I’d do, be a coach or one thing? Let’s depart it as it’s.”

Her new place differs vastly from her stance in a 2019 interview with Kelly Clarkson, throughout which she praised Union after studying they had been starring in a Rodarte marketing campaign collectively. “I had no concept that Gabrielle was in it too after which it turned, like, this complete ‘Convey It On’ factor. I used to be like, hear, in the event that they needed to make one other film, I’d make one other film. It will be so enjoyable!”