Last night's BigLittleLies finally revealed the origin of those viral paparazzi photos, but fans weren't fully satisfied
hurling ice cream
at Streep on the show’s set. But though the pap photos showed Witherspoon, in character as Madeline, throwing the ice cream at the back of Streep’s head with all her might, it turns out that the show wound up cutting that specific moment out of the episode—to the devastation of millions, surely.Madeline threw the ice cream. Here’s how the scene is set up: over the course of the episode, Mary Louise ramps up her suit against Celeste , determined to get guardianship of her grandchildren.
They exchange a few pleasantries—and then Madeline brings up the lawsuit. “What‘s wrong with you, huh? Huh?!” she shouts after Mary Louise, who takes the topic as her cue to quickly walk away. It would have been thetime for Madeline to throw that ice cream—but instead, the episode cuts to the next scene, robbing everyone of what would have been an extraordinarily gif-able moment.
So, what happened? It’s unclear why the powers that be cut that scene short. Maybe it would have beenpowerful of a moment, or it was ultimately deemed a little too over the top. Whatever the reason, according to Witherspoon, the cut probably had nothing to do with her ice cream throwing skills. In an interview with“I nailed her, and I felt really good about it,” the Oscar winner said. “Once you watch the show, you’ll understand why I did it. You’ll be happy, too.
Alas, the world may never know how that scene could have unfolded. We’ll just have to take Witherspoon’s word for it.
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