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Why David Fincher refused to cast Reese Witherspoon in Gone Girl, even with Gillian Flynn's blessing


A decade after the release of 'Gone Girl,' Reese Witherspoon recalls the 'ego check' that was David Fincher adamantly declaring she couldn't be the leading woman: 'He was totally right.'

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