Actress Reese Witherspoon stuns fans by revealing her surprising full name
Reese Witherspoon has shocked her fans by revealing she chose a stage name and she isn't actually called Reese.
The Legally Blonde protagonist explained the reason why she always calls her Big Little Lies pal Laura Dern by her last name in a chat with their co-star Nicole Kidman.
When Nicole pointed out that calling the Jurassic Park star Dern was "weird", Reese offered an excellent justification.
"I hate how you call her Dern," Nicole shared in a video interview for Vanity Fair.
"I'm gonna tell you why..." Reese, whose name is Laura Jeanne Reese, said, adding: "Cause my name is Laura,"
"And her name is Laura, and it's confusing to me," the star said as Nicole had a moment of realisation.
"My real name is Laura Jeanne," Reese continued, to which Nicole replied: "That's right."
"Cause we can't both be Laura," the Little Fires Everywhere star then joked.
The two actresses also reflected on being unsure about how Big Little Lies would be received whilst they were filming the HBO hit show.
Reese recalled an incident that made her realise that perhaps the cast weren't exactly tonally aligned at first. She and Laura Dern had a conversation about being "funny" during their sequences, while Nicole seemed to be on a more dramatic register.
Speaking with Laura back then, Reese told her she'd be "so funny" in her scenes, adding: "Then I went to work today and Nicole's in the most serious drama I've ever seen."
It seems that Nicole also noticed the difference as she laughed and said, "That's right."
"I was like, 'This show is not gonna work,'" Reese said, "And it frickin' worked."
"That's where you go, you just don't know it," Nicole agreed. "Who would've ever thought?"
The show, also starring Zoë Kravitz and Shailene Woodley, ended up being extremely popular and got a second season, despite being originally billed as a limited series. Last year, it was confirmed that a third instalment is on its way nearly five years after season 2 aired its finale.
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