Prime Video’s Legally Blonde prequel series Elle, with Lexi Minetree as the high school version of Reese Witherspoon’s iconic character Elle Woods, starts production in Vancouver.
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Elle is set years before the first Legally Blonde movie in 2001, which introduced us to Elle Woods graduating from college and headed to Harvard Law.
Characters:
Lexi Minetree as Elle Woods.
Tom Everett Scott as Elle’s Dad Wyatt.
June Diane Raphael as Elle’s Mom Eva,
Chandler Kinney as Kimberly,’ a sharp-tongued senior who is not a fan of Elle.
Gabrielle Policano as Liz, the anti-Elle Woods.
Jacob Moskovitz as Miles, the school’s star athlete who is charmed by Elle.
Reese Witherspoon made the Elle series announcement nine months ago.
We should do Elle Woods in high school, . . .I wanted to see who she was before college, before law school — Reese Witherspoon told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show.
Elle Series:
Working title: PARK LA BREA
Vancouver filming dates: March 31 2025 – July 22 2025.
Showrunners: Laura Kitnell, Caroline Dries (Batwoman).
Cast: Lexi Minetree, Tom Everett Scott, June Diane Raphael, Chandler Kinney, Gabrielle Policano, Jacob Moskovitz.
Soundstages: The Bridge Studios.
Producers: Reese Witherspoon, Hello Sunshine, Marc Platt Productions, Amazon MGM Studios.
Legally Blonde movie in 2001.
Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods follows her ex-boyfriend to law school, where she discovers that there is more to her than just looks.
