Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Witherspoon Grows "The Beard"

Reese Witherspoon will star in and produce the rom-com "The Beard" says The Hollywood Reporter.


Story deets have not been disclosed but the title refers to the expression used to describe a member of the opposite sex, usually women, who act as a date for a gay person trying to make the rest of the world think that they're straight.

It's a term that has been used in Hollywood for decades as various actors stay in the closet to further their careers, so 'beards' are arranged for them - usually rising actresses who themselves are happy to help push the illusion of an actor's heterosexuality in exchange for cash and/or publicity for themselves and their own careers.

Becca Greene wrote the script

Peter Chernin will also produce.

Witherspoon is currently shooting Atom Egoyan’s crime drama biopic "Devil's Knot"

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