Reese Witherspoon Breaks Down Her Most Iconic Roles | PEOPLE
From 'Legally Blonde' to 'Big Little Lies,' Reese Witherspoon looks back at some of the most memorable roles in her acclaimed acting career while sharing her memories and behind-the-scenes stories from snagging her first part to winning an Academy Award, producing her first film and more.
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She just hasn’t changed. When she smiles makes me feel happy.
Agreed. She does have a very comforting and contagious smile.
That's literally the whole point of plastic surgery.
Reese is sunshine trapped in a human body. She's just so full of life and happiness
especially when arrested drunk and tells the cops he is about to KNOW WHO SHE IS!
Reece is one of those rare actresses who still has that baby face, such a breath of fresh air and warmth from Reece ❤
I very much enjoyed watching this… and shared with my daughter!😉
her and Drew Barrymore
I wish she elaborated more on Sweet Home Alabama. One of my most favourite romcoms ever
Yes, they really didn't have much for that one at all ☹️
Same!! I was about to add my own comment on that! Lol
Such a good movie for pet grief as well.
I think it's a shame she doesn't say who it is then. It's Josh Lucas y'all!
I was thinking the same thing ! I wonder why she didn’t . One of my favs
I became obsessed with that Tiffany necklace after Legally Blonde. My husband finally bought it for me for our 25th wedding anniversary. That movie is everything to me.
her bond with Jen is so adorable - seeing them two working together is a blessing ❤
She’s the true definition of an icon
I can’t believe they didn’t talk about Fear! That role was an important role for young women to see bc it centered around an unhealthy relationship and young women need to know the importance of walking away before it gets too deep or knowing how to spot red flags! Not to mention it was one of Mark Wahlburg’s first roles!
I think that movie is traumatizing for her 🤔 they wanted her to do some inappropriate things for that role! However she stood her ground and they eventually hired a body double!
@@kristagerry8505 Wow! I didn’t know that. Thanks for the reply!
@@user-cb6re8yd8e welcome 🙏
I’m only here for the Fear comment. I wondered the same thing!
@@kristagerry8505 The body double never happened. The director forced her to go through with it and she did eventually bc she had no other choice.
Her talking about fangirling over Nicole and doing that inward laugh is so relatable and cute. Love her, she is so genuine. Walk the Line is AMAZING.
Love Reese's work and how she is championing more women-led stories.
Legally blonde is her most iconic movie
Walk the Line is one of the greatest biopics ever imo. That’s probably my favorite performance from her. Great film. Johnny Cash is one of favorite artists ever, and Joaquin and Reese really did Johnny and June justice with their performances in that movie. The fact that they actually sang the songs and played the instruments really helped the movie feel more authentic. 🙌
Someone else mentioned it but I will again --where's Pleasantville ? I'd love to hear her thoughts on that one, It starts off as a silly fantasy, and blossoms into a beautiful, creative ode to awakening. The whole cast is great and though it's a lightweight role for her, Reese was just perfect.
Reese was such a huge influence in my adolescent years. And now as an adult I love the Morning Show! I never want it to end!
I wish she would’ve talked about Freeway. That movie is so underrated, and she is absolutely hysterical in it. I think it shows how versatile she truly is. She can go from playing Vanessa to then playing someone like Elle Woods.
Overnight Delivery also!
Yes! Freeway is definitely her most underrated role!
Vanessa and Mesquita reunite in Legally Blonde 👀😂
She was FANTASTIC in that role!!! She was so badass and gangsta in that film.
Agree freeway is mesmerising!
She is so cool! You can tell she loves movies and has been giving us performances after performances!
This is one of my favourite celeb interviews ever. Reese also seems like she'd be pleasant to be around all the time (We all have our bad days), her smile is infectious too 🙂❤
She is so humble!
She is the sun. Absolute perfection.
Nothing about Pleasantville???
Reese is always full of life that brightens a day so this is bliss!
The Man in the Moon is one of my favorite movies! beautifully tragic
6:29 this is so beautiful and hearing this made me feel so good ❤❤❤ I was inspired by how supportive Elle’s friends were in this move and it reshaped my view of what female friendships should look like! So happy for all those girls who are following their dreams because of this film
What a wonderfully warm, genuine personality....and a really good actor too......
Legally Blonde was life-changing for me.
Freeway, Fear, Just like Heaven. All great too. Freeway might be my favourite film she's in.
i love stars being starstruck by other stars. so lovely
Genetics are wild because Man on the Moon Reese looks exactly like her son.
Such an icon, this woman is severely underrated
there’s nothing underrated about her at all.. she’s an A list celeb
She is incredibly highly rated. By everyone. Underrated definitely doesn't mean what you think it does 🙄🙄
A+ video! LOVE IT! So great to hear Reese talk about her roles!
Gosh I admire this woman.
I’m not a big rom com fan but I have seen Sweet Home Alabama an obscene amount of times. Melanie Lynsky stole every seen she was in even though this is about Reese 😅
Love her! She exudes so much joy and gratitude!
Wild is underrated and one of the most touching dramas ever.
freeway in my opinion is one of her best movies. also love sweet home Alabama and walk the line.
It is!! And pretty unknown 😮
i've loved her since man on the moon (my heart is still broken!) omg i love reese!
We love Resse Witherspoon
When they came to Legally Blonde, anyone else finish Elle’s line when Warner asks “you got into Harvard law?” I know I did! 🙋🏻♀️
oh i did,I def did lol
Love Reese she's so cute but smart. She is so relatable!
How can anyone not love Reese, she is such a lovely person and amazing woman.
so grateful for reese witherspoon. didn’t even realize i’ve seen mostly all of her movies. can’t believe man in the moon was her first, amazing!!
Reese ohh she's very talented, lovely and beautiful I knew since saw her in 'Fear' she's the greatest
When all the roles they talk about are iconic and they still even miss some really great ones. 😍
I've always enjoyed Reese Witherspoon and this actually was a really great trip down memory lane, I loved it
She and Jen both have aged so gracefully it's almost ridiculous lol
Lmao what does that even mean? They've both had plenty of work done, it's just been conservative rather than the horrific over the top stuff you usually see. No grace about it, just lots of money and respectable surgeons.
Always a sweetheart!
What a really lovely video. She seems to be extremely grounded. My favourite movies of hers are Sweet Home Alabama (with Josh Lucas) and ‘Home’. I love Home!
We love Reese 🫶
Reece is Awesome ❤
She is just the cutest! ❤
All these movies are the best ❤
Reese is a literal ray of sunshine. Also, as a huge Kidman fan, it warms my heart the way she fangirls over her. Women supporting women. Plus, she's so f-in funny, the way she acts out every line.
Nicole won all the acting awards for Big Little Lies but I thought Reese was equally deserving. It's a challenging role to pull off.
She was flawless in that role!
Legally Blonde is the role I always remember her for. That movie was very good!
I love what she has done with "Hello Sunshine" -her production company that started as a book club.. and now buys book licensing @ auction and gets first rights of refusal to option them for movies/series with an automatic Executive producer credit+ she can star in it.. #Genius for an actor & her IMDB is 👌🏽💯😊
I love how her southern accent comes in and out haha
REESE IS A ICON!
Would have loved to hear more about sweet home alabama and her acting with patrick dempsey. Its my favorite roll of hers!
Her movies are awesome ❤
Love, Love Reese❣️❣️ Everyone of HER movies❤❤❤❤
She will never age. She is immortal.
So good. She seems like one of the most likeable people in Hollywood
I love her so much! Fan for life!
love her so much from day 1, geeez 😍
She chose so many interesting roles!
I love that she does a slightly more southern impression of *herself*.
Super love her. Shes the best
She is as beautiful as ever! She still looks the same. One of the few celebs who hasn’t gotten a ton of plastic surgery
I hope she never does anything to her face because she is sooo stunning. That smile is so contagious
I've read the books in her book club. So good!
Reese please do a movie about Dolly's life, play her!
An honor one day,if they asked her. She has long way to go
Love Reese. I attempt to watch anything she does!
What a career ❤
8:15 princess of the people ❤ I love her the more I listen! I’m so glad she got to live out her country diva dream through that role
Amazing actress ❤❤❤❤❤
A film she made when she was a teenager that introduced me to her was "A Far Of Place". I still think about that film 30 plus years later and she was awesome in it.
Yes, I recently re-watched it! It was very moving even as an adult, and very nostalgic.
What a talented and lucky lady 😊
LOVE the morning show!
Wild is the best movie she made. Awesome story. ❤
I just love her. Everything about her. She is just a beautiful, beautiful human bean.
What a career she's had! Wow!
I just look at a picture of "Walk the Line" and I cry. Every time. The music and the love story are so important to me. They both did such an incredible job ... I've seen this movie about 50 times by now
Wow! Reese's first role was in "The Man in the Moon" from 1991!
Aw man. Reese Witherspoon, what a woman. Ive never been an actor, but PLEASE BELIEVE, I have definitely played Elle Woods 😂
I swear, Reese Witherspoon is the ONLY female actor where I would own basically EVERYTHING they've ever been in. She's AMAZING. I can't wait to see what else she performs in!! ❤
I love it far off place. It’s my favorite Reese Witherspoon movie from when she was really young.
love her so much!
My favorite performances of hers are Legally Blonde, Sweet Home Alabama, Just Like Heaven, Sing, Water for Elephants and Penelope
election is my FAVORITE movie i love her so much
4:57 just directing you to one of the cutest anecdotes from this video ❤❤❤❤
Jeez swept sweet home Alabama under the rug... that was one of my favorites.
Love this 😍😍 Elle Woods is probably my favourite character of hers
Love Reese 🎉😂❤😊
Wild & Just Like Heaven are my personal favorites, the former looked like such a challenging role
They didn’t even talk about Fear!! That movie was incredible and it still grips me to this day!
I love Elle woods, I got introduced to her from legally blonde and now I can play Elle in my schools production of legally blonde ❤😊
Freeway and Cruel Intentions are my favorites
I don’t think anything will ever be Legally Blonde. Seriously so good.
Oh man, I wish she would've talked about _This Means War_ I still wonder how they made Tom Hardy be in a rom com lol. AND! With Chris Pine?! Simply iconic 💫
Just like heaven is still ny best movie with her