Posted: Mon., Oct. 29, 2001, 6:47pm PT

Jean Smart

Thesp Jean Smart has been added to the cast of Touchstone Pictures' Reese Witherspoon starrer "Sweet Home Alabama." She will play Stella, the wisecracking owner-proprietor of a bar frequented by Melanie (Witherspoon) and Jake (Josh Lucas). The romantic comedy, lensing in Gotham and Atlanta, is directed by Andy Tennant from a screenplay by Tennant and Rick Parks.

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