Reese Witherspoon Said She Didn't Want To Do The Explicit Roller Coaster Scene In "Fear," And Remembers Asking For A Stunt Double
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Reese Witherspoon is taking a look back on that explicit scene from Fear that ultimately inspired her to become a catalyst for change in the industry.
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During a recent interview with Harper's Bazaar, Reese spoke candidly about the formative experience on set, revealing that she didn't even agree to it.
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Reese starred in the 1996 thriller Fear alongside Mark Wahlberg, and it follows 16-year-old Nicole (Reese), who begins a relationship with 23-year-old bad boy David (Mark). Nicole's fairy-tale romance quickly turned toxic when David became obsessive and abusive.
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And the explicit scene in question involved Reese's character being fingered on a roller coaster by Mark's character. The scene has cemented itself in pop culture film history, but Reese admitted she remembers it for very different reasons.
since watching it i have not been able to get this scene from fear out of my head of mark wahlberg romantically finger-banging reese witherspoon on a roller coaster to a 90s indie rock cover of wild horses pic.twitter.com/oyme8OZWTm
“I didn’t have control over it," Reese told Harper's Bazaar. “It wasn’t explicit in the script that that’s what was going to happen."
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"So that was something that I think the director thought of on his own and then asked me on set if I would do it, and I said no. It wasn’t a particularly great experience.”
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Reese went on to reveal that she requested a stunt double for those below-the-waist scenes. This is just one of many experiences in her career that helped shape who she is today.
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“I’m certainly not traumatized or anything by it, but it was formative,” Reese added. “It made me understand where my place was in the pecking order of filmmaking."
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"I think it’s another one of those stories that made me want to be an agent for change and someone who maybe can be in a better leadership position to tell stories from a female perspective instead of from the male gaze.”
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And that's exactly what she's continued to do! The Oscar Award–winning actor and Hello Sunshine founder has gone on to star in and produce female-centered projects, including but not limited to Gone Girl, Big Little Lies, Daisy Jones & the Six, and The Last Thing He Told Me.
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To learn more about Reese, be sure to check out her full interview with Harper's Bazaar.
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