Actress
Reese
Witherspoon
is
creating
a
lot
of
Oscar
buzz
for
her
performance
in
'Wild'.
Gracing
Harper's
Bazaar
cover,
the
actress
opened
up
about
her
role
in
the
upcoming
biopic.
Reese
said
that
she
found
it
hard
and
confusing
to
play
a
drug
addict
who
embarks
on
a
life
altering
journey
in
'Wild'.
The
actress,
who
has
never
used
drugs,
said
she
took
on
the
role
because
she
knew
it
was
going
to
be
special,
reported
UK's
Harper's
Bazaar
magazine.
Reese
is
created
a
lot
of
Oscar
buzz
for
her
performance
in
the
biopic.
The
film
is
based
on
Cheryl
Strayed's
best-selling
book
'Wild:
From
Lost
to
Found
on
the
Pacific
Crest
Trail'.
"I've
never
done
drugs.
I
was
really
confused.
I
didn't
know
what
I
was
doing," Witherspoon,
who
appears
on
the
cover
of
the
magazine,
said.
"It
just
required
being
in
a
really
raw
emotional
place
that
didn't
feel
good,"
she
said
adding
the
intimate
scenes
in
the
movie
were
equally
challenging.
"(Sex
scenes
were),
like,
three
percent
of
the
movie,
but
it
took
up
a
tremendous
amount
of
fear
in
my
mind
because
it's
daunting.
Sometimes
I
was
just
terrified.
Like
a
cat
on
a
raft...'
You
can't
make
me
do
it'."
The
38-year-old
actress,
best
known
for
her
comedies
'Legally
Blonde'
and
'Sweet
Home
Alabama',
found
it
interesting
to
play
the
character.
"It
wasn't
as
if
there
was
a
lack
of
roles
being
offered
to
me.
It
was
the
dynamic
aspect
of
playing
a
really
interesting,
complicated
person
that
was
not
readily
available.
It's
strange
that
you
don't
see
many
complicated
women
on
film;
complicated
meaning
complex,
I
should
say.
"But
the
experience
of
being
in
that
raw
emotional
space
was
not
always
easy.
"(Dramas
are)
always
going
to
require
something
that
doesn't
feel
good,
some
sort
of
challenge
or
emotional
gutting.
It's
not
a
fun
space
to
live
in
a
lot
of
the
time.
It's
why
I
enjoy
doing
comedies.
It's
much
easier,
thinking
of
what
rhymes
with
truck."