Sweet Home Alabama Cast: Where Are They Now?

Candy Residence Alabama turned a traditional rom-com virtually as quickly because it hit theaters in 2002, due to the attraction — and chemistry — of leads Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas.

Witherspoon stars as Melanie Smooter, a New York Metropolis dressmaker who hides her Pigeon Creek, Alabama, origins through the use of the final identify “Carmichael.” After getting engaged to Andrew Hennings (Patrick Dempsey) — the son of New York Metropolis mayor Kate Hennings (Candice Bergen) — Melanie discovers she’s nonetheless married to her childhood sweetheart, Jake Perry (Lucas), as he by no means signed their divorce papers. Upon returning to Pigeon Creek, she realizes her coronary heart might lie together with her hometown and past love.

Having been born in Louisiana and raised in Tennessee, Witherspoon discovered it simple to narrate to her character. “Irrespective of how a lot you like the place you’re from, if you get somewhat bit older, you get nostalgic for it,” the actress mentioned throughout a City Corridor occasion in 2018. “You need to go away house and then you definately notice that there’s so many necessary issues concerning the closeness of household or individuals who knew you earlier than. And I really feel actually like that film actually encapsulated these concepts.”

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