LOS ANGELES -- Reese Witherspoon, Tomb Raider?

As improbable as it sounds, the 31-year-old Oscar winner tells Sun Media she would love to bash skulls and blast guns in an action thriller someday.

"Sometimes I get frustrated there aren't a lot of female characters women can look at and go, 'I want to be like that.' I go to movies and get frustrated - 'Shoot him! Shoot him!' Why does the guy get to shoot him - why can't the girl shoot him?"

Still, action starlet Kate Beckinsale may not have to look over her shoulder just yet.

Witherspoon, who has two children with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, says instead of starring herself she may just wind up producing a vehicle for some aspiring or established cinematic heroine.

"I loved Angelina Jolie in Mr. and Mrs. Smith and I can't wait to see her in Wanted."

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