In any case, a moment of redemption arrives at the end of the movie, when Jess leaves Joe to pursue her dream. “Maybe, who knows, if we ever do a sequel…” “There’s no reason why that other story wouldn’t be just as valid,” she explained. In an interview with feminist sports podcast Burn It All Down, she mused that a love story between Jess and Jules is “definitely one way the story could’ve gone”. Writer-director Gurinder Chadha, rather promisingly, has also suggested that she’s open to it.
