Josh Lucas Weighs in on a Potential ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ Sequel

Josh Lucas is ready to return to Sweet Home Alabama! ET’s Cassie DiLaura spoke to the 51-year-old Yellowstone actor, who revealed that he’s eagerly awaiting Reese Witherspoon’s go-ahead to make a sequel to their film, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in September.

“I would love to. I’ve campaigned her. I’m not gonna say that she’s the problem, but I think part of it is that Reese is so busy,” he told ET. “… I really believe that — I’m assuming, I hope — she wants to be part of it. Carving out that piece of her life isn’t so easy for her. I don’t have the same responsibilities or time constraints, so I hope that she could find a time to do it. I’ll be there tomorrow.”

While Witherspoon’s busy schedule may be holding up the continuation of Melanie and Jake’s love story, Lucas couldn’t be more proud of his co-star’s success.

“I go back to when we were shooting that movie, I had this moment where I was like, ‘Wow, this woman is a really brilliant, powerful person,'” he said. “Not just, obviously, being a great actress, comedian that she was — she’s in her mid-20s at that point. I said to the director, I said to a couple of people, ‘Reese is gonna run a movie studio.’ They were like, ‘Really?'”

Though she may not be running a studio, Lucas’ prediction wasn’t far off, as Witherspoon currently has her own production company, Hello Sunshine. “If you look at what she’s doing, she’s become a mogul,” Lucas marveled.

(ET – watch the video here)