NOW ENTERTAINMENT June 2800 - July 2026 Month - 00,4,2023
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In comedy series “Elle,” premiering Wednesday, July 1, on Prime Video, a Bel Air teen (Lexi Minetree, “The Murdaugh Murders,” 2023) moves to the very unglamorous city of Seattle. Lexi Minetree and Zac Looker in “Elle”
Cover Story From gilded to grunge: Bel Air queen bee relocates to Seattle in ‘Elle’ By Sarah Passingham Everyone knows the feeling of being underestimated. Rated and ranked by superficial, unimaginative parameters and stamped insufficient. Exceeding expectations comes as second nature to one beloved character who is about to receive the prequel treatment with a brand new streaming series on Prime Video. “Elle” premieres on Wednesday, July 1, with all eight episodes of the comedy’s debut season available to stream on premiere day. The new series expands the story of Elle Woods, who we first met on-screen as an ambitious law school student on a journey of self determination, portrayed by Reese Witherspoon (“The Morning Show”), in the 2001 blockbuster comedy “Legally Blonde.” This time, the titular Elle is portrayed by Lexi Minetree (“The Murdaugh Murders,” 2023), as a teen thriving in the glamorous world of 1995 Bel Air. All that glitters is not gold, however, and Elle’s California
dream is shattered the moment her parents Eva (June Diane Raphael, “Grace and Frankie”) and Wyatt (Tom Everett Scott, “The Summer I Turned Pretty”) share some tough news with their daughter. A move from their elite, sun-soaked neighborhood is imminent as the family is about to start a new chapter in drizzly Seattle, where Wyatt will be joining a new practice. So her head-to-toe pink ensembles and perfectly styled blonde locks make her stick out like a sore thumb in a sea of flannel, weathered denim and ironic dye jobs at her new high school. Elle Woods is nothing but resilient and will make the most of what appears on the surface to be a dismal trade for her former glitzy lifestyle. What, like it’s hard? Per Prime Video, “we meet [Elle] in 1995 as a fish in the tumultuous waters of high school where she encounters tricky friendships, forbidden romance and questionable fashion choices.” She leans on her family — including Bruiser the chihuahua,
of course — as she navigates this new transition and “with each challenge she faces, Elle grows closer to the Elle Woods we know and love today.” “Elle” has already been renewed for a second season ahead of the series premiere. Also starring in “Elle” are Jacob Moskovitz (“Isle Child,” 2025), Gabrielle Policano (“Babygirl,” 2024), Chandler Kinney (“Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin”), Zac Looker (“A Kind of Spark”) and Amy Pietz (“Paradise”). Known for putting the “elle” in intellectual, Elle Woods was first brought to life in the 2001 novel “Legally Blonde” by author Amanda Brown. The book was the basis of the film of the same name, which spun off a sequel, 2003’s “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde,” and a turn on Broadway with “Legally Blonde: The Musical” in 2007. Witherspoon, who serves as an executive producer for “Elle,” talked to The Hollywood Reporter last January about reinvigorating one of her most iconic characters after being inspired
by “Wednesday” on Netflix. “I saw that Wednesday Addams show and I was like, ‘Oh, she was in high school.’ I loved it. I watched every episode. I thought it was amazing.” Witherspoon continued, “and I was like, ‘We should do Elle Woods in high school,’ because I wanted to see who she was before college, before law school. And I started having all these ideas and these amazing writers came up with a great pitch and now Amazon is making the show and it’s called ‘Elle.’” The series was created by writer and producer Laura Kittrell (“Insecure”) and is co-showrun by Kittrell and Caroline Dries (“The Vampire Diaries”). Lauren Neustadter (“The Last Thing He Told Me”) and Marc Platt (“Wicked,” 2024) serve as executive producers alongside Witherspoon and Brown. The first two episodes of “Elle” were directed by Jason Moore (“Sisters,” 2015) who also executive produces the comedy.
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