00:00Reese Witherspoon has found her new Elle Woods, and now it's Instagram official.
00:14Witherspoon posted on Thursday that the actress Lexi Meintree has been cast as the new Elle Woods
00:19in the upcoming Legally Blonde prequel series. The show is called Elle and will stream on Amazon
00:24Prime. It follows Woods during her high school years before Harvard. On her IG post,
00:29Witherspoon captioned, after 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 Meintree crying and immediately
00:41wanting to call her mom. Witherspoon, who originated the role in the 2001 movie Legally Blonde and its
00:472003 sequel, has been candid about her search to pick the new Elle Woods. While appearing on The
00:52Tonight Show, Witherspoon 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 that are basically
01:02like a mini movie. It's crazy. But they're killing it. And 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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