What, like it’s hard? Selma Blair is shutting down rumors that Legally Blonde almost ended with herself and Reese Witherspoon riding off into the sunset — but that doesn’t mean she wouldn’t have been fully on board. “I love that idea!
What fun. … I don’t remember that, maybe it was,” the Cruel Intentions star, 50, said during a Thursday, July 12, episode of the “Shut Up Evan” podcast. “I’m friends with Karen [McCullah] and [Kristen “Kiwi” Smith] that wrote it.
But I would’ve loved that so much. Let’s go with that. I think it’s so much fun.”While Blair may not recall her character, Vivian Kensington, sparking a romance with 46-year-old Witherspoon’s Elle Woods, the Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane alum did reveal a different way the 2001 comedy almost wrapped up. “There was an ending that Vivian was blonde, and I did [go blonde],” the After actress revealed. “I have the Polaroids.
I looked just like Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde. The beret was on and the blonde.”Blair added that the film ultimately chose to scrap the idea because it “just wasn’t as strong as what it turned into,” noting that she did look “gorgeous” sporting the golden locks.
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