Washington, Mar 13 : Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon is desperate to shed her fragile image by acting in action flicks.

The `Man In The Moon' actress has revealed that lending her voice to 3D animation flick Monsters Vs Aliens made her inclined towards signing more explosive projects.

"It might be fun, it (the film) actually has gotten me excited. I have never been in an action film before so the last third of this movie is so action-packed, it made me very excited. I think maybe I could do that," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

Meanwhile, Witherspoon was also in news for revealing that her flick ''''Monsters vs Aliens'''' brought out her 5-year-old son Deacon''''s violent tendencies. (ANI)