Month: September 2014

By Mary Milliken TORONTO (Reuters) – From the moment Reese Witherspoon tears off a bloodied big toe nail in the opening scene of her new film “Wild,” it is clear the Oscar-winning actress is headed in a new direction. It may be the best move she has made in awhile, offering the normally pretty and perky Witherspoon the chance to play a raw and angry woman venturing into the wilderness on her own, for 1,000 miles with a monster-sized pack to do one thing: save herself. The story is a real one, based on the best-selling memoir by Cheryl Strayed. “Wild” director Jean-Marc Vallee demanded the mirrors in the make-up trailer be covered so Witherspoon wouldn’t know just how bad she looked without make-up.