Reese Witherspoon had a wierd inspiration behind making the prequel to her hit movie sequence Legally Blonde. Based on the actress, Jenna Ortega’s Netflix present Wednesday — which is an entire distinction to the style of Legally Blonde — had one thing to do with the thought.
On January 29, the Huge Little Lies actress appeared on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon to advertise her upcoming movie You are Cordially Invited. She additionally teased the extremely anticipated Legally Blonde prequel sequence and revealed what gave her the thought to convey a youthful model of her iconic character, Elle Woods.
“It was type of this concept … I noticed that Wednesday Addams present, you realize, and I used to be like, ‘Oh!'” Witherspoon instructed host Jimmy Fallon. She cherished the truth that within the Adams Household spin-off sequence, Wednesday was proven as a highschool lady making an attempt to navigate her powers.
“I believed it was superb. And I used to be like, ‘We must always do Elle Woods in highschool!'” she revealed and that is precisely what the plot of the Legally Blonde spin-off is. The Morning Present actress admitted that when she had the thought, she grew curious to discover it.
Her character, Elle Woods, is outlined by the point she spent as an legal professional and learning at a legislation faculty. Nonetheless, Witherspoon needed to discover the character earlier than she was pulled into the authorized world, and what higher place than highschool to do this?
She revealed {that a} bunch of artistic writers received on board and after a number of pitches, the present was picked by Amazon Prime and is at the moment within the making utilizing Elle because the working title. As for the actress, she is among the producers of the present.
Chatting with Folks journal earlier this month, the Emmy nominee admitted that the method of casting a youthful model of herself has been a “journey.” She revealed that auditioning younger women “stuffed with enthusiasm and pleasure” was thrilling.