Reese Witherspoon honors Sweet Home Alabama anniversary

is paying tribute to a film that “utterly modified” her life.

On Saturday, the Large Little Lies star to share a collection of clips from her 2002 romantic comedy Candy House Alabama. Within the movie, Witherspoon performs Melanie, a New York Metropolis designer who returns to her small hometown within the South with a purpose to break up from his first husband, performed by Josh Lucas.

The movie additionally stars Melanie Lynskey as her former greatest good friend and Patrick Dempsey as the present fiance ready for her again in Manhattan. Dakota Fanning, in one among her earliest roles, portrays a younger model of Witherspoon’s character.

“20 years in the past Candy House Alabama got here out and utterly modified my life. Unimaginable reminiscences of capturing this film with these wonderful actors —Josh, Patrick, Dakota, Melanie, Jean, Ethan, Mary Kay, Fred, and Candace, after all,” Witherspoon wrote within the caption of her submit. “So many nice scenes and my favourite line… ‘So I can kiss you anytime I need.’ Do you bear in mind seeing it for the primary time?”

Witherspoon’s followers beloved the throwback — together with Dakota Fanning’s sister, The Nice star Elle Fanning, who wrote “THE BEST.” Rachel Zoe concurred, “BEST MOVIE EVER.”

The Howdy Sunshine producer usually honors her earlier work on social media. Final 12 months, she celebrated the twentieth anniversary of Legally Blonde — through which she performed sorority president-turned-Harvard regulation pupil Elle Woods — with a particular message about how vital the movie stays to her.

“Each meme, commencement cap, musical quantity, halloween costume and bend & snap has introduced me a lot JOY over these previous twenty years!” she gushed. “I’m wondering… what is going to Elle do subsequent?”

Followers will be taught what Elle Woods is as much as subsequent: Witherspoon is about to , with a script penned by Mindy Kaling. Proper now, it’s unclear precisely when the film will hit theaters.

“I am nonetheless hoping that Legally Blonde 3 is gonna come collectively in the suitable approach,” the Stroll the Line actress advised final 12 months. “It is identical to High Gun: They waited a very long time to make one other model of that film, and I beloved the nostalgia piece they integrated in it. So positively that gave us numerous inspiration about what we’d wish to do with Elle Woods and be sure that we had all those self same touchstones that mattered to folks [back] then.”