"You know, she's a mogul," he complimented his former co-star. Lucas understands that the A-lister is busy, and he predicted her success back at the start of the 2000s. The original Sweet Home Alabama won movie fans with its southern charms and. He said that discussions with Witherspoon about a potential sequel have been met with, "‘Oh, you can talk to her about stuff five years from now.'" Josh Lucas Has Just Spoke Out About A Sweet Home Alabama Sequel, And. "Look, I would love to do the sequel," he revealed, and then jokingly added, "The issue is Reese's got a book club." Nearly 20 years have passed since the beloved rom-com, also starring Reese Witherspoon, came to life. The Sweet Home Alabama star addressed the film possibly getting a sequel with SiriusXM's Pop Culture Spotlight with Jessica Shaw.
Appearing on SiriusXM ’s Pop Culture Spotlight show this week, Lucas was asked about the 2002 romantic comedy. Maybe, if Josh Lucas has anything to say about it. Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and starring Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Fred Ward. Nearly 20 years after the release of Sweet Home Alabama, Josh Lucas is holding out hope for a sequel even if it takes a while to get one made. The film grossed over 35 million in its opening weekend and earned over 130. So much for being able to kiss any time they want While on 'Good Morning America' Wednesday, Reese. “We are not making a sequel that I know of, but if Disney wants to call me, I would happily make a Sweet Home Alabama 2!”įred Ward, Mary Kay Place, Jean Smart and Candice Bergen also starred in the fan-favorite movie.Are we going to finally see what Melanie Carmichael is up to in Alabama, all these years later? Sweet Home Alabama was released in September 2002 and takes its title from the Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name. Josh Lucas says theres a proposal for a Sweet Home Alabama sequel with Patrick Dempsey. “I love Sweet Home Alabama!” she said during a Facebook Live chat. Reese previously talked about doing a sequel to the movie in August 2016. Josh Lucas recently cited Reese Witherspoons hectic schedule as the reason there hasnt been a Sweet Home Alabama sequel, but shes not too busy to reminisce on the 2002 romantic comedy.
So was Reese hinting at a sequel to the movie? That’s not clear at this time, but we do think the timing of her post is certainly suspicious. “Do you remember what she said?” Reese asked her followers, and Dakota Fanning, who played the younger version of Melanie in the movie, replied, “The truth is I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart, and I never really got it back”. The scene she showed was the one when Reese’s character, Melanie Carmichael, called off her wedding to Patrick Dempsey’s Andrew Hennings once she realized she was still in love with her childhood sweetheart, Jake Perry, who was played by Josh Lucas. … I mean it’s extraordinary and not surprising either, at all,” he continued.Įven though Josh has been pushing for a sequel for many years now - he previously expressed interest in 2019, when he said the original movie’s director, Andy Tennant, had ideas in mind - nothing’s ever gone further than that.īut on July 8 - just two days after Josh’s interview - Reese took to Instagram and shared a bunch of screen-grabs from the movie. “And back when I was doing Sweet Home Alabama, I, for some reason, remember telling the director or somebody speaking about her, but I said, ‘I bet this woman ends up running a movie studio one day.’ And she’s even beyond that at this point.
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