

Kaley Cuoco told The Hollywood Reporter that Witherspoon was "the obvious one" she'd modeled her career on when she pivoted from a decade of "Big Bang Theory" stardom into optioning, producing and starring in HBO Max's surprise hit "The Flight Attendant," based on Chris Bohjalian's 2018 novel. Under her Luck圜hap banner, Margot Robbie produced Netflix's successful adaptation of "Maid," Stephanie Land's bestselling memoir, and plans to turn Ottessa Moshfegh's novel "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" into a feature film. Scroll back to the earliest days of Reese's Book Club, and you'll find the September 2017 pick: Celeste Ng's "Little Fires Everywhere." Witherspoon's book-to-TV pipeline is just getting started Streaming services," said Anjali Midha, the CEO and cofounder of Diesel Labs. "For a small production company, Hello Sunshine is producing top-tier, high-quality content that is driving measurable engagement and new engaged audiences for A report from the content-analytics firm Diesel Labs that was shared with Fast Company last year indicated that "Big Little Lies," "Little Fires Everywhere," and "The Morning Show" were key in acquiring new users for their respective platforms, outpacing even other women-centric marquee shows like "Mare of Easttown" and "Mrs. Witherspoon's shows have been huge subscription drivers for But they've given Witherspoon the clout to expand beyond literary adaptations, most notably with "The Morning Show," which landed eight Emmy nominations for its first season. Not all of these shows have been critically acclaimed "Big Little Lies" took a drubbing in its second season. (She ultimately pleaded no contest and apologized, saying she was "deeply embarrassed" by her behavior.)

The incident was caught on tape, with Witherspoon asking the officer "Do you know my name?" and promising that he'd "be on national news" for arresting her. In 2013, she was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after her husband, Jim Toth, was pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence.

"I didn't know how to make decisions and I didn't know what I wanted to say." (Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine declined a request for comment for this piece.) "I was so used to being underestimated that when I was somehow accepted, I didn't know how to look at material," Witherspoon told The Hollywood Reporter of this time in her life. How was she able to turn things around so spectacularly? 'I was so used to being underestimated'īefore "Big Little Lies," Witherspoon was known for her iconic roles in " Legally Blonde" and "Election" and her Oscar-winning turn as June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line." But in the decade-plus between her Oscar win and her hit adaptation of Liane Moriarty's novel, her career floundered.
