With that sweetness on full display in 1998’s “Pleasantville”.

“I started seeing this complete lack of interesting female leads in film.

First I got mad, really mad.

Reese Witherspoon

So I started it with my own money.”

It was after a talk with director David Fincher that she realized it would be a mistake.

We had a long conversation where he was like, ‘You’re not right for it.

Reese Witherspoon

And this is why,'" she confessed.

“And I actually completely agreed with him.”