Reese Witherspoon announces Legally Blonde's prequel series, Lexi Minetree to play Elle Woods

First look of Lexi Minetree as Elle Woods. Pics/AFP, Instagram

Actor Reese Witherspoon, who played the pop-culture icon Elle Woods in Legally Blonde (2001) and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), has announced the highly anticipated prequel series, Elle.

Reese Witherspoon in Elle Woods's trademark colour pink

Lexi Minetree, who was seen in Law and Order: SVU (Special Victims Unit), will be seen in the titular role of Elle in the series. Witherspoon shared an exclusive first look image on her Instagram to announce the beginning of production. The joint Instagram post by Witherspoon was shared along with Minetree, Amazon MGM Studios, Prime Video and Witherspoon's media company Hello Sunshine.

"Harvard was hard. High School was harder. Our new series, Elle, is now in production," the caption for the post reads. In February, Witherspoon, who is an executive producer on the highly anticipated project, revealed in a video that Minetree would be taking on the iconic role of Elle in the upcoming series.

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