Reese Witherspoon & Lexi Minetree Channel Two Generations of Elle Woods
- On Saturday, Reese Witherspoon publicly passed the 'pink torch' to Lexi Minetree as the new Elle Woods at the 'Elle World' pop-up event in New York City, marking the 25th anniversary of Legally Blonde.
- Amazon Prime Video will premiere Elle on July 1, 2026, a prequel series exploring the teenage years of the iconic lawyer, with Witherspoon serving as executive producer via her Hello Sunshine production banner.
- Minetree secured the role after recreating the Harvard admissions video in her backyard, an audition tape that Witherspoon called a 'showstopper' that 'stopped me, it took my breath away' during their initial meeting.
- Original cast members including Jennifer Coolidge and Selma Blair reunited at the fan event, while the prequel series has already been picked up for a second season before its initial release.
- Legally Blonde 3 remains in development with a screenplay by Mindy Kaling, though no significant updates have occurred on the third film's production timeline since news broke in 2018.
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Lexi Minetree Talks First Meeting Reese Witherspoon, Auditioning For 'Elle' TV Series & Her Portrayal of Iconic 'Legally Blonde' Character
Getty Lexi Minetree is dishing all things Elle! The 25-year-old actress will be taking on the iconic role of Legally Blonde‘s Elle Woods, who was first played by Reese Witherspoon, in the upcoming Prime Video prequel series. In a newly released interview for Cosmopolitan, Lexi opened up about doing her own version of Elle’s Harvard admissions tape for her self-tape audition for the show, meeting Reese for the first time, how her portrayal of the…
Reese Witherspoon Tears Up Passing the ‘Pink Torch’ to New Elle Woods Lexi Minetree
Minetree plays the high school version of Witherspoon's beloved 'Legally Blonde' character, Elle Woods, in a new Prime Video seriesReese Witherspoon and Lexi Minetree attend "Elle World" on June 20, 2026 in New YorkCredit: Reese Witherspoon/Instagram; Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via GettyNEED TO KNOWReese Witherspoon got emotional at a New York City event celebrating the upcoming release of Elle, a new Legally Blonde prequel series that explores E…
What to Know About Prime Video’s ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel ‘Elle’: Returning Cast Members and More
A Legally Blonde prequel is in the works at Prime Video — but what is there to know about Elle so far? Based on Amanda Brown‘s novel, the 2001 movie Legally Blonde introduced Us to Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon), a sorority girl who attempted to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner (Matthew Davis) by getting a degree at Harvard Law School. Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Victor Garber and Jennifer Coolidge rounded out the cast, which inspired a second mov…
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