Reese Witherspoon once teamed up with Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix for one of her most critically acclaimed roles. But after being told her true role in the film, she did everything she could to leave the project.
Reese Witherspoon begged to get out of Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Walk the Line’ Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon | John Sciulli/WireImage
The 2005 feature Walk the Line saw Phoenix portraying the late Johnny Cash and Witherspoon playing the artist’s wife June Carter. It was considered a high point for Witherspoon’s career, who ended up winning an Oscar for Best Actress due to her performance.
But originally, she tried to abandon her Oscar-winning role when she discovered she had to sing in the movie. It was something she didn’t know beforehand.
“It was awful,” Witherspoon once told Oprah. “First of all, we had to learn how to sing. … The director came to us and he said,...
Reese Witherspoon begged to get out of Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Walk the Line’ Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon | John Sciulli/WireImage
The 2005 feature Walk the Line saw Phoenix portraying the late Johnny Cash and Witherspoon playing the artist’s wife June Carter. It was considered a high point for Witherspoon’s career, who ended up winning an Oscar for Best Actress due to her performance.
But originally, she tried to abandon her Oscar-winning role when she discovered she had to sing in the movie. It was something she didn’t know beforehand.
“It was awful,” Witherspoon once told Oprah. “First of all, we had to learn how to sing. … The director came to us and he said,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Big News: Another bad week for John Laurinaitis as the Gm was informed that his position is up for review and ended the night being struck down by Punk with a Gts. Meanwhile Kane installed further rage in Cena by sending Ryder to hospital following their Falls count anywhere match and a Miz loss to R-Truth means that he will be the unfortunate number one entrant in this Sunday’s Royal Rumble match.
In a Nutshell: I’d advise watching old Rumble tapes to get hyped for this weekend as this show did little to promote the excitement and drama of the WWE’s unique 30 man event.
Cm Punk started the show. He talked very briefly about Dolph Ziggler getting some cheap pinfalls over him before turning his attention to the perpetrator behind these immoral victories, John Laurinaitis. He played the clip of Laurinaitis admitting that he was going...
In a Nutshell: I’d advise watching old Rumble tapes to get hyped for this weekend as this show did little to promote the excitement and drama of the WWE’s unique 30 man event.
Cm Punk started the show. He talked very briefly about Dolph Ziggler getting some cheap pinfalls over him before turning his attention to the perpetrator behind these immoral victories, John Laurinaitis. He played the clip of Laurinaitis admitting that he was going...
- 1/24/2012
- by Laurent Kelly
- Obsessed with Film
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