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Reese Witherspoon<\/a><\/strong> recently spoke about almost doing the<\/strong> David Fincher<\/a>-directed Gone Girl<\/a><\/strong> and why it eventually did not pan out. Notably, Gillian Flynn\u2019s book of the same name inspired the 2014 psychological thriller film. Gone Girl features Ben Affleck<\/a> and Rosamund Pike<\/a> in pivotal roles.<\/p>\n The Legally Blonde<\/a> star discussed losing out on Rosamund Pike\u2019s role in Gone Girl.<\/p>\n During Wednesday\u2019s episode of the Las Culturistas podcast<\/a>, Reese Witherspoon recalled that director David Fincher told her she was \u2018totally wrong for this part,\u2019 even though Gillian Flynn and other producers on the film had approved her casting.<\/p>\n Additionally, Witherspoon revealed that the author\u2019s support couldn\u2019t change Fincher\u2019s decision not to cast her as Amy Elliott Dunne. The actress said, \u201cDavid sat me down and this is not on David but David\u2019s like, \u2018You\u2019re totally wrong for this part, and I\u2019m not putting you in it.\u201d<\/p>\n Expanding further on the statement, The Morning Show<\/a> actress admitted the whole incident was an \u201cego check\u201d for her. In hindsight, she also agreed that she was indeed not the right choice for the role, eventually essayed by Rosamund Pike.<\/p>\n Witherspoon confessed, \u201cAnd he was right. He was totally right.\u201d However, this did not stop the Academy Award winner from putting her might behind the film and taking up the role as one of the producers of Gone Girl.<\/p>\n \u201cProducing also means get out of the way when you\u2019re supposed to. Do your job to promote, continue to pull people together, continue to build creative groups so that the ultimate result is the best work that it could possibly be. So that was a lesson to me,\u201d the 49-year-old reflected.<\/p>\n Furthermore, Reese Witherspoon<\/a> revealed she is not upset with David Fincher for not casting her in Gone Girl. She even confessed that the film\u2019s stellar box office performance and rave reviews were a consolation for her.<\/p>\n Moreover, the Walk the Line<\/a> star praised Fincher and the film\u2019s lead actors. She stated on the podcast, \u201cFincher just killed it, and Rosamund Pike is so diabolical and Ben Affleck is sort of the rube on the other side of it.\u201d<\/p>\n The post David Fincher Gave Reese Witherspoon \u2018Ego Check\u2019 For This Reason<\/a> appeared first on Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reese Witherspoon recently spoke about almost doing the David Fincher-directed Gone Girl and why it eventually did not pan out. Notably, Gillian Flynn\u2019s book of the same name inspired the 2014 psychological thriller film. Gone Girl features Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in pivotal roles. 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