Lookalike Reese Witherspoon casts the new Elle Woods, played by Lexi Minetree! Watch her give the Ideal Legally Blonde reaction!
Minetree will be playing the iconic character as a teenager in the upcoming Prime Video series, ‘Elle’.
Reese Witherspoon has just named the next Elle Woods and did it in a way that had actress Lexi Minetree thinking she just hallucinated.
Sharing the clip on Instagram on Thursday, Feb. 13, Witherspoon, who originated the role of the headstrong Harvard Law Student in the 2001 film Legally Blonde, greeted Minetree, 24, who was appropriately clad in a bright pink blouse and pink heels for the moment.
“Your audition tape was amazing, as we talked about,” Witherspoon, 48, told Minetree as footage of her recreating Elle Woods’ Harvard submission video played on the screen. “We had to make a really hard decision the other day and we wanted to tell you in person because you just worked really hard.”
The Oscar winner faked Minetree out with her serious expression before breaking the good news, saying, “We just wanted to tell you that you don’t have to audition anymore because you got the part. You’re Elle Woods!”
