Reese Witherspoon - Just Like Heaven

Just Like Heaven Premiers In LA
From AP

For Reese Witherspoon, Katrina really hit home. With the superstar actress hailing from hurricane-ravaged Baton Rouge, La., there was just no avoiding discussion of the disaster as she spoke with press at Hollywood premiere of her romantic-comedy Just Like Heaven.

"My family has been thankfully fine," Witherspoon said, adding, "We live in Tennessee. But we have many extended family members, friends, that are dealing with some pretty difficult things."

Coincidentally, Just Like Heaven touches upon the spiritual side of life, and death, with its tale of a deceased doctor (Witherspoon) whose ghost haunts the troubled man who moves into her apartment, played by Mark Ruffalo.

Clearly, the usually buoyant actor had the hurricane victims on his mind, too, as he arrived for the premiere.

"You know, you want to kind of carry both things," he said. "There's the elation of this and then the heaviness of Katrina in New Orleans right now."

Added co-star Jon Heder, "The disaster definitely freaked me out. I was just thinking, 'We're right here, close to the ocean. Stuff could happen here any day.' And it really did open my eyes on how lucky and blessed I am, and how much I do want to help those people."

One of the film's producers, Walter Parkes, revealed Katrina has affected Just Like Heaven's marketing.

"One thing we did do was pull all of our advertising off the air last weekend," he explained. "We just didn't think it was appropriate having 30-second spots for a romantic-comedy while people were really getting their first news about this terrible tragedy. And you try to be as sensitive as possible."

Witherspoon said she hoped the movie would provide a little piece of heaven for its viewers.

Source: NDTV.com

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