Reese Witherspoon reveals her frustration at being offered 'terrible' role as 'girlfriend in a dumb comedy'... but just who was the Oscar winning actress who accepted it?
PUBLISHED: 19:15, 3 February 2016 | UPDATED: 21:26, 3 February 2016
Reese Witherspoon says a bad experience in Hollywood led her to seek a bigger role behind the camera.
The 39-year-old told Entertainment Weekly that she was offered a terrible role four years ago as the girlfriend of a male star - a role being chased by fellow Oscar winning actresses.
She realized in that moment that she didn't want to be chasing 'awful roles' anymore.
Reese, however, also left a question hanging in the air - while never revealing the name of the film she added that two Oscar winners ended up doing it.
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Something to talk about: Reese Witherspoon covers the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly along with Elizabeth Banks, Kerry Washington and Eva Longoria
The actors and the film were not named by the blonde star, who won Best Actress at the Academy Awards in 2006 for Walk The Line and was nominated last year for Wild.
'About four years ago I got sent an awful, terrible script,' Reese told EW.
'And this male star was starring in it, and there was a girlfriend part. And I thought, “You’ve got to be kidding me. No, I’m not interested.” They said, “Well this actress is chasing it, that actress is chasing it: three Oscar winners and two huge box office leading ladies.”
Speaking up: The 39-year-old said she was offered a terrible role four years ago as the girlfriend of a male star - a role being chased by fellow Oscar winning actresses
Girls' dinner: The group of women chatted over glasses of wine as they discussed life in Hollywood
Reese jokes about 'Hollywood standards' at Glamour Awards
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'And I thought, “Oh, that’s where we’re at? You’re fighting to be the girlfriend in a dumb comedy? For what?” And by the way, two Oscar winners did it.”'
Reese is married to Jim Toth, who she wed in 2011, and has a three-year-old son Tennessee with.
Reese also has a daughter Ava, 16, and son Deacon, 12, from her previous marriage to actor Ryan Phillippe.
Reese & hubbie Jim Toth take son on coffee run (archive)
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Heavy hitter: Reese stars and produces new HBO limited series comedy Big Little Lies, which will also star Nicole Kidman, seen on set last week in Monterey, California
The TV show will center around a ruthless Dallas divorce lawyer whose life begins to fall apart when her sister arrives back in town, exposing family secrets.
She is also set to star and produce new HBO limited series comedy Big Little Lies, which will also star Nicole Kidman.
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