Sandra Bullock spent about a month personally placing tattoos on Lee Pace for Practical Magic 2, turning his character’s body art into a deliberate part of the look. Lee Pace plays Sally Owens’s new love interest, and the result is a role built around ink as much as dialogue.
“the right crow” was one of the tattoos Bullock said she chose, along with an eyeball, and Pace’s reaction was blunt: “Dreams come true.” The process went beyond a quick costume choice; Bullock worked with the makeup department to choose and place every tattoo, which makes the character’s appearance feel designed rather than assembled.
Bullock and Nicole Kidman
Pace’s first day on set was spent lying in bed naked while Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman stood over him scheming and talking about his body. That opening image matches the character setup: he is introduced as a serious tattooed academic, but the look behind it came from playful on-set plotting and body-focused joking.
The detail also matters because Bullock and Pace had been in Infamous in 2006 without sharing a scene, so Practical Magic 2 is the first real time they have worked together. For a production that is picking up about 25 years after the 1998 original, that kind of character work signals how the sequel is trying to build continuity through specific visual choices rather than broad nostalgia.
Practical Magic 2 in 2026
Warner Bros. has Practical Magic 2 set for theaters on September 11, 2026, giving the film a long runway to keep shaping its returning ensemble and the look of Pace’s role. Nicole Kidman returns as Gillian, Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest return as aunts Frances and Jet, and Joey King and Maisie Williams appear as the grown Kylie and Antonia.
For now, the most useful takeaway is simple: the film’s body art was not an afterthought. Bullock spent a month making sure the ink on Pace’s character carried a specific design logic, and the unanswered piece is which other tattoos, beyond the right crow and an eyeball, were chosen to complete it.
