who played the husband in sweet home alabama
Melanie (Witherspoon, right) finds herself falling for her high-school sweetheart â and husband, Jake (Josh Lucas, left) . It is Sweet Home Alabama's portrayal of the South that connects with Lucas. I'm from the South. I'm from Arkansas, and I was raised mainly in a little town in South Carolina, south of Charleston. I'm so proud of the movie because I think it presents the South so honestly.