The casting course of for Prime Video‘s Legally Blonde prequel sequence, Elle, is presently underway — and Reese Witherspoon has a troublesome choice forward of her relating to who will subsequent don her iconic sizzling pink two-piece and assume possession of Bruiser the Chihuahua.
Showing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to advertise You’re Cordially Invited, her R-rated comedy reverse Will Ferrell, The Morning Present star gave an update to the present’s motion and the way its formation took place.
Witherspoon mentioned she was first impressed to discover the concept of a prequel sequence by viewing Netflix’s Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega because the macabre teen at boarding faculty: “I cherished it, I watched each episode, I believed it was superb.”
She continued, “I used to be like, ‘We must always do Elle Woods in highschool,’ as a result of I wished to see who she was earlier than school, earlier than legislation faculty, and I began having all these concepts, and these amazing writers got here up with an excellent pitch and now Amazon is making the present and it’s referred to as Elle.”
“And now, I’ve to select a woman to play the younger me,” the Good day Sunshine producer mentioned, including that there are “so many” audition tapes “and it’s so enjoyable to look at.”
“I simply love all of them a lot they usually’re doing such an excellent job,” she mentioned, noting that the auditioning course of has modified drastically from the casting workplace days to the distant format now, the place potential stars need to shoot, produce and costume their very own video for consideration.
“However they’re killing it, and now it’s a extremely onerous choice,” she concluded.
Witherspoon additionally previewed the process to People, revealing that the undertaking will start principal pictures in March and that her involvement within the casting is “type of a visit.”
Introduced by Deadline exclusively final Might, Elle is created by Laura Kittrell (Insecure) and follows Woods in highschool, earlier than she goes on to dominate the hallowed grounds of Harvard Legislation Faculty. The undertaking is along with another spinoff series hailing from Gossip Lady duo Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. To not point out, there’s the long-gestating Legally Blonde 3, with Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor set to write down.
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