Apparently, the clincher was the moment when вЂњthe parents were looking at their dead daughterвЂќ didnвЂ™t get any laughs.ДЄs such, Sweet Home Alabama went out in cinemas with a finale that tied things up in a nice, conventional bow, and much money was made. That would hardly have played well in 2002, and itвЂ™d be a fair bet itвЂ™d knock even more progressive audiences today pretty much off their feet.Дirector Andy Tennant did test the ending too, ultimately conceding that вЂњno one though it was funnyвЂќ. For itвЂ™s used as a device to announce that Melanie under her old surname is dead, and Melanie under her new surname is alive. Turns out this incredibly dark turn was intended in the original script as a joke, though. Imagine if the credits had rolled at just that point. What happens next undermines that ending, though, as her husband seemingly carries the corpse of Melanie back into the wedding reception and announces that sheвЂ™s dead. About as unconventional as you can get for the end of whatвЂ™s effectively a fairy tale romantic comedy. The ending was included on the DVD of the film, and itвЂ™d be fair to say that at first, itвЂ™s something of a shock. Yet a different denouement was filmed that would have seen the pair embracing вЂ“ only to be promptly struck by lightning. The film ultimately ends with WitherspoonвЂ™s character staying with her ex-husband, and the pair of them get married again. These numbers may not look so striking now, but they were, in the context of 17 years ago, really quite something.Д«ut thereвЂ™s still something of a case of what-if here. The film cost some $30m, and would gross $127m in the US alone, off the back of a massive $35m opening in September of that year. It вЂ“ going as spoiler light as I can (spoilers start shortly) вЂ“ follows a fairly predictable three act approach, ending roughly where most of us expected it to end.ДЄnd thatвЂ™s just what the movie-going audience was looking for back in 2002. Witherspoon landed the lead role ahead of Charlize Theron, who was also considered, and the movie вЂ“ which co-stars Josh Lucas and Patrick Dempsey вЂ“ then plays out as something of a fairy tale. There, she became a socialite, but after nearly a decade away, she needs to come back home to secure a divorce from her husband. The film was directed by Andy Tennant, from a screenplay by C Jay Cox (with story credit going to Douglas J Epoch), and it tells the story of Melanie Smooter, a woman who left her home in Alabama for New York City. And Sweet Home Alabama, on the surface a pretty frothy romantic comedy, would cement her place as a hugely successful leading actor. By this stage in the early 2000s, sheвЂ™d built a career quickly and impressively off a mix of very smart choices and very savvy commercial picks. Reese Witherspoon was at the height of her box office powers when she decided to take the lead in Sweet Home Alabama. Spoiler warning: the ending of Sweet Home Alabama is directly discussed towards the end of this article. 'And Reese's character is in New York with our kids and weвЂ™re divorced, so whole life is super complicated.The Reese Witherspoon-headlined romcom Sweet Home Alabama nearly took a bit of a dark turn.

'The proposal that had, which was quite interesting, is that my character is back in Alabama,' Lucas said. Fast forward through the movie's iconic kiss-in-the-rain scene, and Jake and Melanie lived happily ever after. The romantic comedy stole our hearts nearly two decades ago when Melanie left her wealthy fiancГ©, Andrew, at the altar after she found out from her lawyer that she'd never signed her divorce papers-and was still technically married to Jake. 'I mean, the fact that they were together from when they were children, I would love to see whatвЂ™s going on 20 years later,' Josh explained on an episode of The Talk in 2018. The man who played Southern heartthrob Jake Perry seems to think there's more to the story between him and Reese's character, Melanie Smooter. 'He and I discussed it extensively, so weвЂ™re lobbying the world to join us.' 'IвЂ™ve absolutely said yes,' Josh said on Good Morning Americain April. Josh's latest comments about a potential follow-up to Sweet Home Alabama come just a few months after he revealed that he's spoken 'extensively' with the original filmвЂ™s writer and director, Andy Tennant. 'Who knows? She's got a lot of irons in the fire to say the least. 'I think the person who's the one to put it together is Reese, so I'm hoping,' he continued. I spoke to him about it a couple of times recently. I know Reese's said she is as well,' Lucas told Entertainment Tonight in a recent interview.

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