“You knew that even though he had died, she would go on.
There had to be something triumphant.”
Kumble says, laughing.
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“There’s burnt-out grass as she’s driving by, and then we cut to Manhattan.
We never got called on it.
It’s a huge thing, and no one cares.
They’re not looking out [her] window.”
Besides, Witherspoon wouldn’t have wanted to get back behind the wheel to reshoot.
“I was terrified because the car was rattling,” she admits.
“I was driving this rickety Jaguar.
It was a cool shot, and I was glad we did it!
But I just remember getting out and going, ‘I’m never doing that again.'”
