Reese Witherspoon has spoken out about her experiences undergoing hypnosis to help deal with her panic attacks from the filming of her 2014 film Wild.Speaking to Interview Magazine, the actress – who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Cheryl Strayed in the biographical film – said it was the film role that “changed [her] the most” due to the heavy subject matter.Based on the 2012 memoir by Strayed of the same name, the story followed the author’s 1,100 mile solo trek around the Pacific Crest Trail following a series of intense struggles.“I had hypnosis, I was so scared.
I was having panic attacks for three weeks before I started,” she said.Witherspoon cited the story’s “nudity, sexuality, and drug-use aspect” as some of the stressors.
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