Reese Witherspoon reveals she didn't know Robert De Niro during her auditions for Cape Fear 

Reese Witherspoon has recently admitted her encounters with actor Robert De Niro at one of her first-ever auditions. She narrated the details of her intimidating experience as she appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live. 

Reese explained that she was just 14 years old when she was sent for an audition for Martin Scorsese's 1991 film Cape Fear. She found out that she was in front of two of the biggest names in the movie business when she headed to her appointment to try out for the part. 

She said, "I remember one of the very first auditions I ever had was with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese for a film called Cape Fear. I didn't get it. I'm not in that film because I got so scared when I walked in the room; I didn't know who Robert De Niro was, so I was standing outside talking to the receptionist, and she was like, 'You know he's the most important actor of our time right?'" 

Reese then admitted that she hadn't been aware of who Robert was before that moment, which triggered her to become extremely nervous and forget her lines. She continued: "He had to finish the lines for me. And then I auditioned for him ten years later, and I thought, 'He's never going to remember that I bricked that audition,' and he was like, 'I remember you; you're the one who couldn't say the word'."

Reese Witherspoon is awaiting the release of her romantic comedy Your Place Or Mine co-starring Ashton Kutcher. She is also a part of Tiny Trailblazers.