00:00Reese Witherspoon has found her new Elle Woods and now it's Instagram official.
00:14Witherspoon posted on Thursday that the actress Lexi Mindtree has been cast as the new Elle Woods
00:19in the upcoming Legally Blonde prequel series.
00:22The show is called Elle and will stream on Amazon Prime.
00:25It follows Woods during her high school years before Harvard.
00:28On her IG post, Witherspoon captioned,
00:30After watching so many incredible auditions,
00:33finally found our Elle, and today I got to break the news myself.
00:37In the video, Witherspoon delivers the exciting news and you can see
00:40Mindtree crying and immediately wanting to call her mom.
00:43Witherspoon, who originated the role in the 2001 movie Legally Blonde and its 2003 sequel,
00:48has been candid about her search to pick the new Elle Woods.
00:51While appearing on The Tonight Show,
00:53Witherspoon shared with Jimmy Fallon a bit about reviewing the audition tapes.
00:56They have to shoot, produce, do all the costumes. They have to put together videos
01:01that are basically like a mini movie. It's crazy. But they're killing it.
01:05And now I'm having, it's a really hard decision.
01:07Witherspoon will executive produce the upcoming series via her Hello Sunshine banner.
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