Renee Zellweger cried filming 'Jerry Maguire' and it wasn't because of Tom Cruise

[Honey]

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Renée Zellweger was so overwhelmed by her starring role in Jerry Maguire that she often sneaked away to cry.

The actress got her big break playing Tom Cruise's love interest Dorothy Boyd in the hit 1996 movie but her emotions got the better of her on the shoot.

She is quoted as saying: "I just remember crying behind a bunch of fake bushes on the set when nobody could see me. I remember it well."

Zellweger was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for her performance, while co-star Cuba Gooding Jr picked up an Oscar.

Showbiz - News - Zellweger cried filming 'Jerry Maguire' - Digital Spy

[NicoleWasHere]

She was crying probably because she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror, a few times.

[Thalia]

She was actually sort of cute-ish waay back then. Maybe she imagined how chipmunk-cheeked, squint-eyed and utterly humourless she'd become mere months later.
That realization, plus the daily torment of having to pretend to love Tiny Tom Thumb would reduce any girl to tears.

[qwerty]

^^She was adorable and fresh faced in this film I thought. Now she's just too thin and aging badly as a result.

[sparkly]

This movie is like 100 years old. Of she's trying to gain empathy, she's scraping the bottom of the barrel.