Reese Witherspoon reveals why she’s ready for darker roles

When Reese Witherspoon acquired the rights to turn Cheryl Strayed’s life-affirming solo Pacific Crest Trail trek into a movie, she didn’t intend to play the lead role, too. But, as she tells Susan Griffin, doing so has been extremely inspiring

REESE Witherspoon’s latest film, Wild, tells the true story of Cheryl Strayed, a woman who lost her way after her mother’s death and numbed the pain with promiscuity and drugs, until she found her path again by walking 1,100 miles of America’s West Coast on the Pacific Crest Trail.