SOUTHERN COMFORT 'The Man in the Moon' (1991) At 14, Witherspoon (right, with Tess Harper) reportedly auditioned to be an extra but wound up making her film debut in the lead role of Dani, a Louisiana tomboy.
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SMEAR TACTICS 'Freeway' (1996) Witherspoon plays against type as Vanessa, a trailer-trash Red Riding Hood who proves as fierce as the big bad wolf (Kiefer Sutherland) with whom she thumbs a ride.
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