Dakota Fanning and Reese Witherspoon.Photo: M. Caulfield/WireImageReese Witherspoonis testing fans' movie trivia on one of her beloved rom-coms — andDakota Fanninghas aced it!On Thursday, Witherspoon, 45, shared a throwback of the 2002 filmSweet Home Alabama, which also starredJosh LucasandPatrick Dempsey.The throwback is taken from a moment in the scene where Witherspoon’s character, Melanie, tells her fiancé Andrew (Dempsey) she’s still in love with the man she’s legally married to, Jake (Lucas).“Do you remember what she said? #sweethomealabama #tbt,” Witherspoon wrote in the caption.Fanning, who played a younger version of Melanie in the film, commented on Witherspoon’s post. Quoting the iconic line, the 27-year-old actress wrote, “The truth is I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart, and I never really got it back ❤️.“Witherspoon commented back, “@dakotafanning Love you, little Melanie!“Reese Witherspoon Instagram post https://www.instagram.com/p/CREpsrUM-Vx/Witherspoon's post comes two days after Lucas, 50, said he"would love” to star in a sequel for the filmduring an appearance on SiriusXM’sPop Culture Spotlightwith Jessica Shaw.“Look, I would love to do the sequel. The issue is Reese’s got a book club,” he said. “And I’m saying that like laughingly, but Reese is, you know, I’ve heard like, ‘Oh, you can talk to her about stuff five years from now.'“He added, “You know, she’s a mogul.“Witherspoon founded the media companyHello Sunshinein 2016 — which has gone on to produce various hit projects, some of which are adaptations of hit novels. She also debuted her clothing line,Draper James, as well as her successful reading venture,Reese’s Book Club, in recent years.Dakota Fanning and Thomas Curtis inSweet Home Alabama.Everett CollectionReese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas inSweet Home Alabama.Everett Collection"Back when I was doingSweet Home Alabama, I, for some reason, remember telling the director or somebody speaking about her, but I said, ‘I bet this woman ends up running a movie studio one day,'” Lucas recalled. “And she’s even beyond that at this point.““I mean, you know, she’s her own version ofOprah Winfreynow, right? I mean … it’s extraordinary and not surprising either, at all,” he continued, before adding of a potential follow-up film, “Reese, come on, let’s go do it.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Sweet Home Alabamawas released in September 2002 and takes its title from the Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name.The film grossed over $35 million in its opening weekend and earned over $130 million domestically during its theater run. It made another $53 million at the worldwide box office, with a budget of $30 million.
Dakota Fanning and Reese Witherspoon.Photo: M. Caulfield/WireImage
Reese Witherspoonis testing fans’ movie trivia on one of her beloved rom-coms — andDakota Fanninghas aced it!On Thursday, Witherspoon, 45, shared a throwback of the 2002 filmSweet Home Alabama, which also starredJosh LucasandPatrick Dempsey.The throwback is taken from a moment in the scene where Witherspoon’s character, Melanie, tells her fiancé Andrew (Dempsey) she’s still in love with the man she’s legally married to, Jake (Lucas).“Do you remember what she said? #sweethomealabama #tbt,” Witherspoon wrote in the caption.Fanning, who played a younger version of Melanie in the film, commented on Witherspoon’s post. Quoting the iconic line, the 27-year-old actress wrote, “The truth is I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart, and I never really got it back ❤️.“Witherspoon commented back, “@dakotafanning Love you, little Melanie!“Reese Witherspoon Instagram post https://www.instagram.com/p/CREpsrUM-Vx/Witherspoon's post comes two days after Lucas, 50, said he"would love” to star in a sequel for the filmduring an appearance on SiriusXM’sPop Culture Spotlightwith Jessica Shaw.“Look, I would love to do the sequel. The issue is Reese’s got a book club,” he said. “And I’m saying that like laughingly, but Reese is, you know, I’ve heard like, ‘Oh, you can talk to her about stuff five years from now.'“He added, “You know, she’s a mogul.“Witherspoon founded the media companyHello Sunshinein 2016 — which has gone on to produce various hit projects, some of which are adaptations of hit novels. She also debuted her clothing line,Draper James, as well as her successful reading venture,Reese’s Book Club, in recent years.Dakota Fanning and Thomas Curtis inSweet Home Alabama.Everett CollectionReese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas inSweet Home Alabama.Everett Collection"Back when I was doingSweet Home Alabama, I, for some reason, remember telling the director or somebody speaking about her, but I said, ‘I bet this woman ends up running a movie studio one day,'” Lucas recalled. “And she’s even beyond that at this point.““I mean, you know, she’s her own version ofOprah Winfreynow, right? I mean … it’s extraordinary and not surprising either, at all,” he continued, before adding of a potential follow-up film, “Reese, come on, let’s go do it.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Sweet Home Alabamawas released in September 2002 and takes its title from the Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name.The film grossed over $35 million in its opening weekend and earned over $130 million domestically during its theater run. It made another $53 million at the worldwide box office, with a budget of $30 million.
Reese Witherspoonis testing fans’ movie trivia on one of her beloved rom-coms — andDakota Fanninghas aced it!
On Thursday, Witherspoon, 45, shared a throwback of the 2002 filmSweet Home Alabama, which also starredJosh LucasandPatrick Dempsey.
The throwback is taken from a moment in the scene where Witherspoon’s character, Melanie, tells her fiancé Andrew (Dempsey) she’s still in love with the man she’s legally married to, Jake (Lucas).
“Do you remember what she said? #sweethomealabama #tbt,” Witherspoon wrote in the caption.
Fanning, who played a younger version of Melanie in the film, commented on Witherspoon’s post. Quoting the iconic line, the 27-year-old actress wrote, “The truth is I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart, and I never really got it back ❤️.”
Witherspoon commented back, “@dakotafanning Love you, little Melanie!”
Reese Witherspoon Instagram post https://www.instagram.com/p/CREpsrUM-Vx/
Witherspoon’s post comes two days after Lucas, 50, said he"would love” to star in a sequel for the filmduring an appearance on SiriusXM’sPop Culture Spotlightwith Jessica Shaw.
“Look, I would love to do the sequel. The issue is Reese’s got a book club,” he said. “And I’m saying that like laughingly, but Reese is, you know, I’ve heard like, ‘Oh, you can talk to her about stuff five years from now.'”
He added, “You know, she’s a mogul.”
Witherspoon founded the media companyHello Sunshinein 2016 — which has gone on to produce various hit projects, some of which are adaptations of hit novels. She also debuted her clothing line,Draper James, as well as her successful reading venture,Reese’s Book Club, in recent years.
Dakota Fanning and Thomas Curtis inSweet Home Alabama.Everett Collection
Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas inSweet Home Alabama.Everett Collection
“Back when I was doingSweet Home Alabama, I, for some reason, remember telling the director or somebody speaking about her, but I said, ‘I bet this woman ends up running a movie studio one day,'” Lucas recalled. “And she’s even beyond that at this point.”
“I mean, you know, she’s her own version ofOprah Winfreynow, right? I mean … it’s extraordinary and not surprising either, at all,” he continued, before adding of a potential follow-up film, “Reese, come on, let’s go do it.”
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Sweet Home Alabamawas released in September 2002 and takes its title from the Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name.
The film grossed over $35 million in its opening weekend and earned over $130 million domestically during its theater run. It made another $53 million at the worldwide box office, with a budget of $30 million.
source: people.com
