Reese Witherspoon could soon be seen high-kicking her way through an action film.

The Legally Blonde star – who has so far stuck mainly to the romantic comedy and drama genres – is voicing the part of Ginormica, a superhero/monster in new 3D animation Monsters Vs Aliens, and it’s made her think about doing something similar in real-life.

“It might be fun, it actually has gotten me excited. I have never been in an action film before so the last third of this movie is so action-packed, it made me very excited. I think maybe I could do that,” she said.

Reese also revealed that her children Ava, nine, and Deacon, five, love the film.

She said: “They loved the movie, they think it’s great. My son really loved Bob the blue character and my daughter really loved Ginormica because she is one of the first female superheros in an animated movie, so that’s kind of exciting.

“I love comedy, I love family films and it’s great because I do have kids so it’s nice that you’re making a film that they can see. I actually do a lot of films that kids can watch so it’s exciting to do that.

“I think this movie can go as young as three years old, I think kids really like it on a lot of different levels.”

Source: Press Association