The casting course of for Prime Video‘s Legally Blonde prequel collection, 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 Present Starring Jimmy Fallon to advertise You’re Cordially Invited, her R-rated comedy reverse Will Ferrell, The Morning Present star gave an replace to the present’s motion and the way its formation happened.
Witherspoon mentioned she was first impressed to discover the thought of a prequel collection via viewing Netflix’s Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega because the macabre teen at boarding college: “I liked it, I watched each episode, I assumed it was wonderful.”
She continued, “I used to be like, ‘We should always do Elle Woods in highschool,’ as a result of I wished to see who she was earlier than school, earlier than regulation college, and I began having all these concepts, and these wonderful writers got here up with an awesome pitch and now Amazon is making the present and it’s known as Elle.”
“And now, I’ve to select a lady to play the younger me,” the Hey 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 a very good 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 must shoot, produce and costume their very own video for consideration.
“However they’re killing it, and now it’s a very laborious choice,” she concluded.
Witherspoon additionally previewed the method to Individuals, revealing that the challenge will start principal images in March and that her involvement within the casting is “sort of a visit.”
Introduced by Deadline solely 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 Regulation Faculty. The challenge is along with one other spinoff collection 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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