When Laura Dern needs advice she knows exactly who to call — her longtime bestie, Reese Witherspoon.
Dern, 57, made the admission during a panel discussion at Hello Sunshine’s second Shine Away event in Los Angeles on Saturday.
‘Basically I run everything by Reese,’ the Oscar winner revealed of her reliance on the multi-hyphenate, adding she sought advice for everything ‘From my romantic life all the way to what jobs I should do.’
The conversation turned that way after the panel guests — which included Witherspoon, 48, and Octavia Spencer, 54 — were asked about (female) networks the Jurassic Park star has cultivated through her long career.
Dern is the daughter of actors Bruce Dern, 88, and Diane Lane, 88.
Laura Dern, 57, says when she needs advice, she turns to bestie Reese Witherspon, 48. ‘Basically I run everything by Reese,’ the Oscar winner said, ‘From my romantic life all the way to what jobs I should do’ (Pictured in Los Angeles in September)
‘What I learned from the four or five women who raised me who were actresses, who then became writers or producers or directors, was that there was no community, there was no inside without each other,’ she explained.
‘And that sisterhood drove them,’ she added.
‘Jane Fonda being one, along with my mother and an amazing group of women who decided they had to be the storytellers to be in the story at all, and they are true pioneers that led us to understand that.’
The Big Little Lies star added, ‘So I felt so lucky to have that lens and then to find sisterhood on this stage.’
The pals became close friends when they were making 2014’s Wild.
Dern played Witherspoon’s mother in the drama based on Cheryl Strayed’s book Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail’
The two often share photos of their adventures together on social media, whether it’s getting a coffee or going to an awards show.
The pair are expected to work together, eventually, on Big Little Lies season three.
Witherspoon and Dern were participating in a panel discussion with Octavia Spencer at Hello Sunshine’s second Shine Away event in Los Angeles Saturday
The pals became close friends when they were making 2014’s Wild
Dern cited her mother Diane Ladd, 88, and Jane Fonda, 86, as mentors who helped her understand the important of strong networks, calling them ‘women who decided they had to be the storytellers to be in the story at all’
The show is a fan favorite, but the problem seems to be finding a time when all the main cast members which include Nicole Kidman, Zoe Kravitz and Shailene Woodley are available.
‘We’re moving fast and furious, Kidman told Vanity Fair in an interview with Witherspoon published in June.
‘Liane [Moriarty] is delivering the book. We’re in good shape,’ she claimed.
Until then Witherspoon and Dern both have plenty of projects to keep them busy in front of and behind the camera.
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