How about a little trip down south to visit Pigeon Creek with Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas?
But Witherspoon’s Southern charm was just one ofmanyaspects that audiences fell in love with about this movie.
“We thought of our movie as such a nice tonic,“he told EW in 2002.
Patrick Dempsey, Reese Witherspoon, and Josh Lucas in ‘Sweet Home Alabama’.Credit:Walt Disney/Courtesy Everett
“Its a nice movie, it doesnt hurt anybody, and people needed to get back to work.
That sounds fun, WitherspoontoldToday With Hoda & Jennain October 2023, calling a follow-up a great idea.
(Tennant told EW they approached Witherspoon the week afterLegally Blondetopped the box office.)
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“When I read the script I was like, ‘Do these people know my life story?’
“And I feel really like that movie really encapsulated those ideas.
And it was a lot of fun.
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It was so much fun.
I had a great time doing it.”
She married talent agent Jim Toth in 2011, a year before they welcomed their son, Tennessee.
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After nearly 12 years of marriage, Witherspoon and Toth jointlyannounced their divorcein March 2023.
“It’s kind of on her,” he admitted.
I mean, I’ve barely seen or haven’t seen Reese since we made the movie.
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Lucas married freelance writer Jessica Ciencin Henriquez in 2012.
She filed for divorce in 2014.
They share one son named Noah.
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In 1999, Dempsey married make-up artist Jillian Fink, with whom he shares three children.
They shared one child.
Since 2000, Bergen has been married to Manhattan realtor Marshall Rose.
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From 1987, Smart was married to herDesigning Womenand24costar Richard Gilliland until hedied at age 71in 2021.
They shared two sons, Connor and Forrest.
Show With Bob and David.
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(2002) andPunch-Drunk Love(2002).
She shares a son with personal trainer Mathew Rolph.
They married in an impromptu Las Vegas wedding in 2009 before divorcing a decade later.
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From 1988 to 2002, Embry was married to actress Amelinda Smith, with whom he shares one son.
He married actress SunnyMabrey in 2005, and Mabry filed for divorce in 2012.
However, in 2013, they began dating again and remarried two years later.
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In 1995, Ward married Marie-France Boisselle.
They were together untilhe died at age 79in May 2022.
She is also the older sister of fellow actorElle Fanning.
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“I was, like, 21, I think, or 22.
“They were so sweet.
I’mstill in touch with two of them.
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And they’re very cute, very sweet kids.
I remember the little baby was so hot and unhappy and wouldn’t stop crying.
Other notable projects postSweet Home AlabamaincludeTogetherness,Castle Rock,Mrs.
America,Candy,The Last of Us(also Emmy-nominated), andThe Tattooist of Auschwitz.
From 2005 until 2012, Lynskey was married to actorJimmi Simpson.
