Witherspoon shared a video of her delivering the news to Minetree.
Witherspoon, who originated the role in the "Legally Blonde" films released in 2001 and 2003, shared a video to Instagram of her revealing the news to Minetree."Your audition tape was amazing, as we talked about, and we had to make a really hard decision the other day," Witherspoon tells Minetree in the video.
Minetree, through tears, asks Witherspoon for a hug and the two embrace before calling Minetree's mother."Isn't it crazy? When I saw her tape I was like, are we the same person? This is so weird," Witherspoon responds.on her Instagram page, Minetree wrote that her "brain is going nuts" over the news and went on to thank Witherspoon for "handing me down Elle Woods.
"I already love her so so much, I promise she’s in good hands," she added. "P.S. thank you for showing me how amazing I am going to look in the future, soooo looking forward to that." In May 2024, Prime Video announced during its upfront presentation that it had ordered a "Legally Blonde" prequel series, titled "Elle," from Witherspoon's media company, Hello Sunshine.
According to the streamer, the series, which was created by Laura Kittrell, will follow Woods during her high school years, "as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the first Legally Blonde film."
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