Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick takes issue with actress Sandra Bullock

Actress Sandra Bullock is set to play former State Sen. Wendy Davis in a movie about Davis's 13 hour filibuster in the Texas Legislature. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) Actress Sandra Bullock is set to play former State Sen. Wendy Davis in a movie about Davis's 13 hour filibuster in the Texas Legislature. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) Photo: Richard Shotwell, INVL Photo: Richard Shotwell, INVL Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick takes issue with actress Sandra Bullock 1 / 5 Back to Gallery

Texas Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick is not too pleased that Oscar winning actress Sandra Bullock has agreed to star in a movie about former state Sen. Wendy Davis, whose 13-hour filibuster helped stall an anti-abortion bill in 2013.

"It saddens me that Sandra Bullock agreed to play Wendy Davis in a movie called 'Let Her Speak,'" Patrick said in downtown Austin, just miles from where Bullock once owned a home.

When a member of the audience doubted it, Patrick assured the crowd it was true.

"Sandra Bullock," he repeated. "I used to like her."

But Patrick said he's already taking steps to keep Bullock and film crews out of the Senate chamber to recreate the filibuster that raised Davis's statewide profile. Davis ran for governor in 2014 and lost to Gov. Greg Abbott.

"And by the way, if I have anything to do with it, I'm not going to let them use the Senate chamber to shoot, because they've already disgraced it once," Patrick said. "They're not going to do it a second time."

Patrick told the audience at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative public policy advocacy group, that he already has other issues with the movie. He said they sent him a script and asked, "Guess who the villain is?"

After a pause, Patrick raised his right hand and smiled: "Me."

He already is taking shots at the accuracy of the movie. He said in the script they have him walking over to state Sen. Donna Campbell and "calling Wendy Davis a bad name."

Patrick said he would never use such language on the floor of the Senate.

"I don't curse," he said.

Patrick said he can't change the script, even though it offended him to be portrayed that way.

But he did say he and his wife bounced off ideas of actors who might play him in the movie. He tossed out Brad Pitt and George Clooney. But his wife, he said, didn't hesitate.

"Without skipping a beat she said, 'Dan Aykroyd.' She said, 'Like he looks today.'"