Reese Witherspoon joined Tracee Ellis Ross for a conversation in the latest Interview magazine and revealed she suffered three weeks of panic attacks leading into the production of “Wild.” Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and based on Cheryl Strayed’s memoir, the film casts Witherspoon as a broken woman who pieces her life together by hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.
“I was so scared to do that,” Witherspoon said when naming “Wild” the biggest acting challenge of her career.
Witherspoon continued, “And Cheryl Strayed’s book was so beautiful and sacred to me because it spoke to me so deeply about how we as women have to save ourselves.
Witherspoon would reunite with Vallée on the first season of “Big Little Lies,” which pivoted her career from film to television with critical and commercial success.
“TV is a bigger commitment than I’ve ever experienced,” Witherspoon told Ross.