Reese Witherspoon learned a valuable lesson when a director refused to cast her in a movie.
Reese Witherspoon learned a valuable lesson when a director refused to cast her in a movie.
During a recent appearance on Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ “Las Culturistas” podcast, the 49-year-old “Legally Blonde” star shared that although she had optioned the rights to the bestselling novel, “Gone Girl,” with the intention of starring in it, director David Fincher declined to cast her in the 2014 movie.
“David sat me down – and this is not on David – but David’s like, ‘You’re totally wrong for this part, and I’m not putting you in it’,” she explained.
Despite having the full support of the book’s author, Gillian Flynn, who Witherspoon explained kept telling her, “I’d really like you to do it,” she said the director would not change his mind, telling her, “You’re wrong.”
Eventually, Fincher went on to cast Rosamund Pike in the lead role, alongside Ben Affleck, Carrie Coon, Tyler Perry, and Neil Patrick Harris.
