‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Series Casts Lexi Minetree as Young Elle Woods
variety.comJoe Otterson TV Reporter The “Legally Blonde” prequel series at Amazon Prime Video has found its young Elle Woods. Lexi Minetree has been cast in the lead role of “Elle,” which will follow Woods during her high school years before she went off to Harvard.
The original Elle Woods, Reese Witherspoon, made the casting announcement on Instagram. “Allow me to introduce you to the new Elle Woods!” Witherspoon wrote. “After watching so many incredible auditions for the new Elle prequel series on @PrimeVideo, we finally found our Elle.
And today, I got to break the news myself! Meet @leximinetree” The official logline for the series states, “‘Elle’ follows Elle Woods in high school as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the first ‘Legally Blonde’ film.” This will be the first lead TV role of Minetree’s career.
She has previously appeared on shows like “Law & Order: SVU” and in TV movies like “The Murdaugh Murders,” “Crowdsource Murder,” and “The Paramedic Who Stalked Me.” She is repped by Stewart Talent, Framework Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. “Elle” was originally greenlit at Amazon back in May 2024.
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