Reese Witherspoon Movies - The latest and most talked movie lately is "Wild," which basically stars Reese Witherspoon in every scene and shows a complexity that is supposedly newfound. Is it, though?
"Reese Witherspoon Has Always Been Wild," is the title and the statement that Buzzfeed does about the actress. And it's completely true.
"Wild" premiered yesterday and in the movie, Reese Witherspoon plays Cheryl Strayed, who goes on a 1,100-mile hike through California to rediscover herself after her mother's passing.
Also, Strayed led a colorful life of events in which she cheated, consumed multiple drugs and all in all, represents an extremely flawed character who is "broken" and takes the hike to "heal" her persona.
Said character is a complex one and Reese Witherspoon has been said to portray Strayed magnificently. Although, this portrayal is also referred to showing a side in the actress that was never seen before.
It is true that Reese Witherspoon played more "innocent," "naïve," and bubbly characters in movies, such as in "Legally Blonde," "Cruel Intentions" and "Sweet Home Alabama," to name a few.
But the truth is that in every single character she played, there was already a complexity, or multiple layers to her. In said ones, where the "hidden side" helps her to succumb problems and other roles, as well.
"Vanity Fair" is a good example. It's a movie from ten years ago and in it, Reese Witherspoon played Becky Sharp, who played naïve but truly wanted to escalate the social ladder and used that "innocent" side of hers to get what she wanted.
The difference about the past movies and "Wild" is that there is no prelude in this one. She's shown to be a flawed person from the very beginning. She can't even accept herself.
There's even one memorable line in the movie that points directly at this:
"What if I was sorry, but if I could go back in time I wouldn't do anything different that I had done?"
It's a wonderful line that pretty much summarizes the same complexity of the character. She's extremely dislikable in a way, but she also can't be sorry for who she is, because everything she's done is who she is.
Still, everything that Reese Witherspoon's characters did in the past was them as well and that doesn't make them any less "valuable" or "memorable" or "wild." It's a side that's always been there.
