“I got scared of repeating myself”: Reese Witherspoon Nearly Lost Legally Blonde to Christina Applegate as $400M Oscar Winning Actress Cemented Her Legacy in Hollywood
Reese Witherspoon is a talented actress who has established herself as one of the highest-earning actresses in the entertainment industry. Due to her acting ability, she has also bagged numerous awards including an Oscar for portraying June Carter Cash in the 2005 musical biopic Walk the Line. While her career kicked off as a teenager, she gained prominence for playing Elle Woods in the 2001 film, Legally Blonde.
Through this film, she has cemented her legacy in Hollywood as no one could ever imagine anyone else other than her to portray the classic role that got forever engraved in the hearts of many. However, there was another actress who was approached for the Elle Woods character.
Christina Applegate Was First Considered to Play Reese Witherspoon’s Role of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde
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The 51-year-old actress, Christina Applegate in a 2015 interview with Entertainment Tonight opened up about passing on the opportunity to work as blonde lady, Elle Woods in the Legally Blonde film. This movie turned the tide for Reese Witherspoon who got widely acclaimed for portraying this role and had a breakthrough with this film.
She shared about being approached for the role,
“The script came along my way and it was right after I had just finished, Married […with Children], and it was a blonde who in that first script didn’t win it but ends up going to Yale, or Harvard, I don’t remember.”
While this role could have gone to her, she shared,
“I got scared of kind of repeating myself. What a stupid move that was, right?”
Already playing a blonde role in Married… with Children, she felt she would be doing similar if she could have accepted the offer. However, it did not stop her from complimenting the actual actress who gracefully adapted the character.
“Reese deserved that. She did a much better job than I ever could, and so that’s her life, that’s her path.”
The duo was seen together when they became sisters of Jennifer Aniston’s character, Rachel Green on Friends. While her professional career is going great, Witherspoon’s personal life is currently in the highlight due to her divorce from her husband, Jim Toth.
Reese Witherspoon Files for Divorce from Her Husband, Jim Toth
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The 47-year-old actress has filed for divorce from her husband, Jim Toth. The duo has been married for 12 years since 2011 sharing a 10-year-old son, Tennessee. While they were quite a stable couple in the industry, their divorce quite hit the Internet.
The duo shared a joint statement on social media announcing their separation. While they did not mention the reason behind their divorce, they clarified, “Our biggest priority is our son and our entire family as we navigate this next chapter.”
The duo will be co-parenting their son together with TMZ stating that the former would be submitting a permanent parenting plan regarding their child. As for their assets and debts, they already had an agreement before their marriage that will provide “adequate and sufficient provisions.”
While she is moving on from her relationship, rumors have been spreading like wildfire about her romantic involvement with Tom Brady. He finalized his divorce from his ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen last year.
