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Even though she’s long been one of Hollywood’s most-respected and well-known actresses, Reese Witherspoon has struggled to overcome her image as an effervescent southern belle. Despite winning the Oscar for her performance in Walk The Line in 2006, she couldn’t convince the studios to allow her to play the serious parts that she so desperately craved.
‘For a few years, I was a little lost as an artist, not being able to find what I wanted to do, and making choices that I wasn’t ultimately very happy with,’ says Witherspoon. ‘I wanted to play dynamic women and be part of stories that would allow me to explore all the doubts and anxieties that I was facing in my own life, and that most women go through.’