'But what I have learned from them is that there are times when you realise that no one is coming in to save you. 'I have had my own set of problems in life, some of which people know about and some people don't. 'We don't have that idea of what a woman is any more: Is she good or is she bad? It's much more complex. 'Twenty years ago, I used to sit in meetings with studio heads and they'd say, 'Well, this character mustn't curse. Witherspoon is convinced that how women are portrayed in films is changing. 'The day before, I was calling Cheryl saying: 'I cannot believe I have to do that sex scene tomorrow.' She said, 'Reese, I'm sorry I was such a slut in the Nineties.'

There was one particular sex scene that I was dreading. 'And trust me, there were scenes in the movie that I did not want to do.

Witherspoon, 38, who both stars in and produces the new movie, admitted that the role had been emotionally and physically tough But parts of her book were not easy to read and when we made the film I had to make the choice to tell all the parts, not just the ones that would make us like her, or it would just be a movie about a girl taking a walk. 'I consider Cheryl a very dear friend now. After a while, my husband was like, 'Whoa! Are you still Cheryl right now? Because you do not sound like yourself.' And he said, 'OK… I love Cheryl, she's amazing, but I am going to be really happy when this movie is over.' 'I got quite angry and bitter and got into the 'don't give me any crap' attitude. 'Usually I can go in and out of a character, but this one was very difficult,' she said. Witherspoon, 38, who both stars in and produces the new movie, admitted to the MoS that the role had been emotionally and physically tough. I was devastated by the fact that I felt this deep need to leave the one person who was there for me.' While Strayed, 46, has always refused to identify 'Paul', she spoke briefly about her guilt over the breakdown of their relationship in a recent interview saying: 'It was just so, so ugly and painful.

But his hopes of remaining one step ahead of the past faded once Reese Witherspoon signed on to star as his ex-wife in the Hollywood version of her story. It chronicles Strayed's descent into heroin abuse, nights of casual sex – and how she 'emotionally rebuilt' herself during her epic journeyįew outside his close family and friends know Marco is 'Paul'.

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