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Reese Witherspoon Shares Her Real First Name While Explaining Why She Calls Laura Dern by Her Last Name

Reese Witherspoon explains why she refers to her 'Big Little Lies' co-star, Laura Dern, by her last name.

During a recent sit-down interview with her Big Little Lies star, Nicole Kidman, for Vanity Fair, Witherspoon shares some insight into her insistence on using "Dern" to address the Oscar winner. Reese Witherspoon, Zoe Kravitz, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley, Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep attend HBO's Big Little Lies season 2 premiere at Lincoln Center on May 29, 2019 in New York City. - ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images"We are obviously all devastated at the loss of Jean-Marc Vallée," she added, referring to the filmmaker and director who helmed the original series before his death on Dec. 25, 2021.

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