The movie "Wild" that stars Reese Witherspoon is based on a true story that happened to Cheryl Strayed. Oregon Live sat down with the inspiration behind the compelling story of this movie, as she revealed her reaction on the portrayal of the Oscar award-winning actress on the story of her life.
She recently did a photo shoot in line with the promotion of the film and she has met Witherspoon during the set. Strayed also said that she was the one who chose the actress to play her role and she definitely had no regrets doing it.
Moving on the topic on how Witherspoon did well on the movie, she said that this film has shown the honest expression of who she really is. Her talk with Reuters has opened up a new side of her to the public. Critics even said that it is one of the best roles that she portrayed in her entire career in the movie industry.
The story is basically about a woman who is finding her way to self-fulfillment after experiencing a lot of heartaches in her life. She did it by hiking literally a thousand miles alone to get the healing that she needs.
It is no doubt that Witherspoon has nailed the character since she is considered one Hollywood's premiere actors. The New York Times wrote about the original inspiration of the movie, which is the book that Strayed has written about herself.
According to them, the structure of the story was a bit complicated and the actions that were done in the movie like walking and trekking are somewhat representations of the healing process and a journey of someone's life fulfillment.
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee and written by Nick Hornby, this movie is going to be a hit for it will inspire a lot of people to go on and find the real meaning of life.
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