Wild
Based on the inspirational best seller.
Country
Genre
Budget
$15 000 000
Box office
$52 501 541
Director
Actors
Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Keene McRae, Gaby Hoffmann, Michiel Huisman, Kevin Rankin, Cliff DeYoung, Thomas Sadoski, Randy Schulman, W. Earl Brown
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
John Paino
Audition
David Rubin, Lana Veenker, Eryn Goodman
Editing
Short description
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
What's left behind the scenes
- Reese Witherspoon turned down a role in the movie 'Big Eyes' (2014) to star in this film.
- At 43 minutes into the film, when Cheryl is drinking lemonade, the bottle jumps from one hand to the other during a camera angle change.
- When Cheryl undresses before the shower, abrasions from her backpack are visible on the front of her shoulders. However, when she looks in the mirror after the shower, these abrasions are gone.
- The director specifically covered all the mirrors on the set so that Reese Witherspoon could not look at herself during filming.
- Jean-Marc Vallée was offered the opportunity to direct this project while his film 'Dallas Buyers Club' (2013) was still in post-production. Producer Bruna Papandrea is a great fan of his, and after seeing a rough cut of 'Dallas Buyers Club' (2013), she immediately approached him with an official offer to lead the project. The role of director could have also gone to Liza Holodenko, but she left the project.
- The director did not allow Reese Witherspoon to read the instructions for the tent and the stove so that her attempts to use them would look more realistic.
- For the role in this film, Reese Witherspoon turned down a role in "Big Eyes" (2014).
- In one scene, Reese Witherspoon's character reads the novel "Gone Girl," which served as the basis for the film of the same name, for which Witherspoon was a producer.
- Young Cheryl was played by Cheryl Strayed's real-life daughter.
- The backpack that Cheryl carries in the film was deliberately heavy to make the hiking scenes look more realistic.
- The film is based on the novel 'Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail' by American author Cheryl Strayed.
- In one scene, Cheryl purifies water using a special filter. The water in the bottle is very cloudy and dirty, and Cheryl adds iodine to make it drinkable. The filter shown in the film actually makes the water clean and drinkable immediately, even if it was taken from a very murky source. Additional disinfection of the water after it has passed through this filter is not necessary.
- When Cheryl is dropped off at the trail, at the beginning of her hike, a watch and bracelet are visible on her left wrist. In subsequent shots in the same scene, the bracelet and watch appear on her right arm, then back on her left.
- Initially, this film was planned to be her next project after completing work on "Gone Girl" (2014), but work on it accelerated significantly when Witherspoon decided to forgo the lead role and remain on "Gone Girl" solely as a producer.
- It was originally planned that this film would follow the completion of Reese Witherspoon's work on 'Gone Girl' (2014); however, work on it accelerated significantly when Witherspoon decided to drop out of the role of Amy and remain in 'Gone Girl' only as a producer.
- Cheryl Strayed personally sent a copy of her book to Reese Witherspoon five months before its publication. Cheryl believed that Witherspoon was the only actress who could play her. The actress saw the potential in the story and became interested in it, as it could serve as an excellent launching pad for her production company.
- Jean-Marc Vallée was offered the directing position for this project while his film "Dallas Buyers Club" (2013) was still in post-production. Producer Bruna Papandrea is a big fan of his and, after seeing a rough cut of "Dallas Buyers Club" (2013), she immediately contacted him with a formal offer to head the project. Lisa Cholodenko was also considered for the director's role, but she left the project.
- Judging by the newspaper headlines and the death of Jerry Garcia, the film takes place in 1995. However, Cheryl is reading the novel "Gone Girl," which was published only in 2012.
- Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson, and Emma Watson were considered for the role of Cheryl, but the part ultimately went to Reese Witherspoon.
- Cheryl Strayed personally sent a copy of her book to Reese Witherspoon five months before its publication. Cheryl believed that Witherspoon was the only actress who could play her. The actress saw potential in the story and became interested in it, as it could be a great starting point for her production company.
- The director did not allow Reese Witherspoon to read the instructions for the tent and stove, so that her attempts to use them would look more realistic.
- Throughout the film, Cheryl has a horse tattoo on her left shoulder. However, in the hotel dressing room scene in Oregon, the tattoo disappears.
- When Cheryl is walking in the pouring rain, she meets a little boy. After talking to him and his grandmother, she continues on her way and soon falls to her knees and begins to cry. At that moment, as the camera zooms in on her face, it can be noticed that her hair instantly becomes dry.
- The real Cheryl Strayed played a cameo role as the woman who gives the protagonist a ride at the beginning of the film and wishes her luck.
- From the second to the fifth day, the scrapes on Cheryl's right arm magically heal and then reappear.
- In one scene, the calendar shows “Friday, December 7th.” However, the events of the film take place in 1995, and December 7th was a Thursday that year.
- In one of the scenes, Reese Witherspoon's character reads the novel 'Gone Girl,' which served as the basis for the film of the same name, produced by Witherspoon herself.
- Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson, and Emma Watson were considered for the role of Cheryl, but in the end, the role went to Reese Witherspoon.
- The real Cheryl Strayed played an episodic role of a woman who gives the main character a ride at the beginning of the film and wishes her luck.
- When a man on the street hands Cheryl a promotional flyer for a show dedicated to the memory of Jerry Garcia, the soda bottle she was holding suddenly disappears.
- The director intentionally covered all the mirrors on set so that Reese Witherspoon could not look at herself during filming.
- The film is based on the novel "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by American writer Cheryl Strayed.
- At the beginning of the hike, when Cheryl howls with the wolves, a rounded mountain peak can be seen in the distance. This is a mountain known as “Monkey Face,” located in Smith Rock State Park in Oregon. However, at that moment in the film, Cheryl is in California.
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