Reel News: Reese Witherspoon Reveals The New Elle Woods And We’re Totally Obsessed
Finding a young Elle Woods? What, like it’s hard? The hunt for a young actress to play the iconic Elle Woods in Reese Witherspoon’s upcoming Legally Blonde prequel series titled, Elle, has been a long search. However, fans were elated to find out that the search is over, and we met the lucky lady who will step into Elle’s pink glittering heels for the highly-anticipated series. In an adorable video posted by Witherspoon, fans meet Lexi Minetree as she finds out she’s been cast in the titular role. All I can say is, I cried watching this video.
Witherspoon seemingly sets up the conversation as bad news for the young actress, but she quickly flips the script and informs Minetree that she got the role. The two women hug, and Witherspoon adorably calls Minetree’s mother to inform her of the wonderful news as Minetree fights back happy tears. We even got to see a short clip of Minetree’s audition tape, where it looks like she replicated Elle’s infamous Harvard college admission video application.
Minetree is a near doppelgänger for a young Witherspoon, which Witherspoon even admitted herself. From just this short video, I can already tell that Elle Woods is going to be well taken care of by this up-and-coming actress. While some prequel stories have been a disappointment in the past, I have full faith in this series, largely due to Witherspoon’s attachment through her production company, Hello Sunshine.
The series will follow Elle Woods in high school where audiences will watch Elle become the woman we all know and love. It will be such a blast to see Elle in her popular girl era, just like we saw her when we first met her in Legally Blonde, but I’m sure Witherspoon will make sure Elle’s pure heart, kindness, and determination shines through even though Elle hasn’t started her law school education.
Witherspoon is joined by Laura Kittrell as a co-showrunner and executive producer. Caroline Dries, Lauren Neustadter, Lauren Kisilevsky, and Marc Platt are also on board as executive producers. I could not be more excited for this series, and I am so confident in Minetree’s portrayal of Elle. The actress is previously known for her roles in Law and Order: SVU and The Murdaugh Murders, and we know she’ll shine as Elle.
There is no set release date for the series yet, but stay tuned for coverage from us, and we’ll be practicing our “bend and snaps” for the premiere of Elle when it graces our screens soon.
