is paying tribute to a film that “fully modified” her life.
On Saturday, the Massive Little Lies star to share a sequence of clips from her 2002 romantic comedy Candy Residence Alabama. Within the movie, Witherspoon performs Melanie, a New York Metropolis dressmaker who returns to her small hometown within the South with a purpose to break up from his first husband, performed by Josh Lucas.
The movie additionally stars Melanie Lynskey as her former greatest good friend and Patrick Dempsey as the present fiance ready for her again in Manhattan. Dakota Fanning, in one among her earliest roles, portrays a younger model of Witherspoon’s character.
“20 years in the past Candy Residence Alabama got here out and fully modified my life. Unbelievable reminiscences of taking pictures this film with these superb actors —Josh, Patrick, Dakota, Melanie, Jean, Ethan, Mary Kay, Fred, and Candace, after all,” Witherspoon wrote within the caption of her put up. “So many nice scenes and my favourite line… ‘So I can kiss you anytime I need.’ Do you keep in mind seeing it for the primary time?”
Witherspoon’s followers liked the throwback — together with Dakota Fanning’s sister, The Nice star Elle Fanning, who wrote “THE BEST.” Rachel Zoe concurred, “BEST MOVIE EVER.”
The Howdy Sunshine producer usually honors her earlier work on social media. Final yr, she celebrated the twentieth anniversary of Legally Blonde — through which she performed sorority president-turned-Harvard legislation pupil Elle Woods — with a particular message about how vital the movie stays to her.
“Each meme, commencement cap, musical quantity, halloween costume and bend & snap has introduced me a lot JOY over these previous twenty years!” she gushed. “I ponder… what is going to Elle do subsequent?”
Followers will study what Elle Woods is as much as subsequent: Witherspoon is ready to , with a script penned by Mindy Kaling. Proper now, it’s unclear precisely when the film will hit theaters.
“I am nonetheless hoping that Legally Blonde 3 is gonna come collectively in the fitting approach,” the Stroll the Line actress informed final yr. “It is similar to High Gun: They waited a very long time to make one other model of that film, and I liked the nostalgia piece they included in it. So undoubtedly that gave us a whole lot of inspiration about what we’d need to do with Elle Woods and be sure that we had all those self same touchstones that mattered to individuals [back] then.”
