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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Reception</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Reception-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Reception subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Reception-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Box_office" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Box_office"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Box office</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Box_office-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Critical_response" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Critical_response"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Critical response</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Critical_response-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legal_accuracy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legal_accuracy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Legal accuracy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legal_accuracy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Accolades" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Accolades"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Accolades</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Accolades-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Legacy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Soundtrack" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Soundtrack"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Soundtrack</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Soundtrack-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Franchise" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Franchise"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Franchise</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Franchise-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Franchise subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Franchise-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Musical" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Musical"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Musical</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Musical-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav 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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><i>Legally Blonde</i></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Blonde" title="Legally Blonde – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Legally Blonde" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Професия блондинка – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Професия блондинка" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Una_rossa_molt_legal" title="Una rossa molt legal – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Una rossa molt legal" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prav%C3%A1_blond%C3%BDnka" title="Pravá blondýnka – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pravá blondýnka" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondinens_H%C3%A6vn" title="Blondinens Hævn – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Blondinens Hævn" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat%C3%BCrlich_blond_(Film)" title="Natürlich blond (Film) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Natürlich blond (Film)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%97_%CE%95%CE%BA%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9E%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B8%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%82" title="Η Εκδίκηση της Ξανθιάς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Η Εκδίκηση της Ξανθιάς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Blonde" title="Legally Blonde – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Legally Blonde" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8B_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF" title="قانوناً بلوند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="قانوناً بلوند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Revanche_d%27une_blonde" title="La Revanche d'une blonde – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="La Revanche d'une blonde" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unha_loura_moi_legal" title="Unha loura moi legal – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Unha loura moi legal" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%88%EB%B0%9C%EC%9D%B4_%EB%84%88%EB%AC%B4%ED%95%B4" title="금발이 너무해 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="금발이 너무해" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Blonde" title="Legally Blonde – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Legally Blonde" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%95%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%B8%D5%BE_%D5%B7%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A8" title="Օրենքով շիկահերը – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Օրենքով շիկահերը" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Blonde" title="Legally Blonde – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Legally Blonde" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_rivincita_delle_bionde" title="La rivincita delle bionde – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="La rivincita delle bionde" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%90_%D7%A8%D7%A7_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA" title="לא רק בלונדינית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לא רק בלונדינית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doktor_Sz%C3%B6szi" title="Doktor Szöszi – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Doktor Szöszi" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="شقراء قانونيا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="شقراء قانونيا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Blonde" title="Legally Blonde – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Legally Blonde" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Blonde" title="Legally Blonde – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Legally Blonde" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89" title="キューティ・ブロンド – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="キューティ・ブロンド" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovlig_blond" title="Lovlig blond – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Lovlig blond" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalna_blondynka" title="Legalna blondynka – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Legalna blondynka" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalmente_Loira" title="Legalmente Loira – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Legalmente Loira" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blonda_de_la_drept" title="Blonda de la drept – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Blonda de la drept" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Блондинка в законе – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Блондинка в законе" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligjerisht_bjonde" title="Ligjerisht bjonde – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Ligjerisht bjonde" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Blonde" title="Legally Blonde – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Legally Blonde" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prav%C3%A1_blond%C3%ADnka" title="Pravá blondínka – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Pravá blondínka" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li 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font-style: italic;">Legally Blonde</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Legally_Blonde_film_poster.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Legally_Blonde_film_poster.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="326" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="326" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Luketic" title="Robert Luketic">Robert Luketic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karen_McCullah" title="Karen McCullah">Karen McCullah Lutz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Smith_(writer)" title="Kirsten Smith (writer)">Kirsten Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Legally_Blonde_(novel)" title="Legally Blonde (novel)">Legally Blonde</a></i><br />by <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Brown_(novelist)" title="Amanda Brown (novelist)">Amanda Brown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Platt_(producer)" title="Marc Platt (producer)">Marc Platt</a></li> <li>Ric Kidney</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reese_Witherspoon" title="Reese Witherspoon">Reese Witherspoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Wilson" title="Luke Wilson">Luke Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selma_Blair" title="Selma Blair">Selma Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Davis" title="Matthew Davis">Matthew Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Garber" title="Victor Garber">Victor Garber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Coolidge" title="Jennifer Coolidge">Jennifer Coolidge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; 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Richmond</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anita_Brandt-Burgoyne" title="Anita Brandt-Burgoyne">Anita Brandt-Burgoyne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rolfe_Kent" title="Rolfe Kent">Rolfe Kent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Platt_(producer)" title="Marc Platt (producer)">Marc Platt Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_A_Films" title="Type A Films">Type A Films</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/MGM_Distribution_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="MGM Distribution Co.">MGM Distribution Co.</a> (United States)<br /><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a> (International)<sup id="cite_ref-BBFC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBFC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>July 13, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-07-13</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">96 minutes<sup id="cite_ref-BBFC_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBFC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$18 million<sup id="cite_ref-numbers_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-numbers-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$141.8 million<sup id="cite_ref-box_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-box-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Legally Blonde</b></i> is a 2001 American <a href="/wiki/Comedy_film" title="Comedy film">comedy film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Luketic" title="Robert Luketic">Robert Luketic</a> (in his <a href="/wiki/List_of_directorial_debuts" title="List of directorial debuts">feature directorial debut</a>) and written by <a href="/wiki/Karen_McCullah" title="Karen McCullah">Karen McCullah Lutz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Smith_(writer)" title="Kirsten Smith (writer)">Kirsten Smith</a>, based on <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Brown_(novelist)" title="Amanda Brown (novelist)">Amanda Brown</a>'s 2001 <a href="/wiki/Legally_Blonde_(novel)" title="Legally Blonde (novel)">novel of the same name</a>. It stars <a href="/wiki/Reese_Witherspoon" title="Reese Witherspoon">Reese Witherspoon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Wilson" title="Luke Wilson">Luke Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Selma_Blair" title="Selma Blair">Selma Blair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Davis" title="Matthew Davis">Matthew Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victor_Garber" title="Victor Garber">Victor Garber</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Coolidge" title="Jennifer Coolidge">Jennifer Coolidge</a>. The story follows <a href="/wiki/Elle_Woods" title="Elle Woods">Elle Woods</a> (Witherspoon), a <a href="/wiki/Fraternities_and_sororities#Sororities" title="Fraternities and sororities">sorority</a> girl who attempts to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Davis) by getting a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> degree at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a>, and in the process, overcomes <a href="/wiki/Blonde_stereotype" title="Blonde stereotype">stereotypes against blondes</a> and triumphs as a successful lawyer. </p><p>The outline of <i>Legally Blonde</i> originated from Brown's experiences as a blonde going to <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Law_School" title="Stanford Law School">Stanford Law School</a> while being obsessed with fashion and beauty, reading <i><a href="/wiki/Elle_(magazine)" title="Elle (magazine)">Elle</a></i> magazine, and frequently clashing with the personalities of her peers.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2000, Brown met producer <a href="/wiki/Marc_Platt_(producer)" title="Marc Platt (producer)">Marc Platt</a>, who helped her develop her manuscript into a novel. Platt brought in screenwriters McCullah Lutz and Smith to adapt the book into a motion picture. The project caught the attention of director Luketic, an Australian newcomer who came to Hollywood on the success of his quirky debut short film <i><a href="/wiki/Titsiana_Booberini" title="Titsiana Booberini">Titsiana Booberini</a></i>. "I had been reading scripts for two years, not finding anything I could put my own personal mark on, until <i>Legally Blonde</i> came around," Luketic said. </p><p>The film was released on July 13, 2001, and was a hit with audiences, grossing $141 million worldwide on an $18 million budget, as well as receiving moderately positive reviews from critics, with particular praise going to Witherspoon's performance. It was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Musical_or_Comedy" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy">Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy</a>. Witherspoon received a Golden Globe nomination for <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture_Musical_or_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy">Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy</a>, and the 2002 <a href="/wiki/MTV_Movie_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Movie Awards">MTV Movie Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/2002_MTV_Movie_Awards#Best_Female_Performance" title="2002 MTV Movie Awards">Best Female Performance</a>. The box office success led to <a href="/wiki/Legally_Blonde_(franchise)" title="Legally Blonde (franchise)">a series of films</a>: a 2003 sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/Legally_Blonde_2:_Red,_White_%26_Blonde" title="Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde">Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde</a></i>, and a 2009 <a href="/wiki/Direct-to-video" title="Direct-to-video">direct-to-DVD</a> spin-off, <i><a href="/wiki/Legally_Blondes" title="Legally Blondes">Legally Blondes</a></i>. Additionally, <i><a href="/wiki/Legally_Blonde_(musical)" title="Legally Blonde (musical)">Legally Blonde: The Musical</a></i> premiered on January 23, 2007, in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco</a> and opened in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Palace_Theatre_(Broadway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Palace Theatre (Broadway)">Palace Theatre</a> on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> on April 29, 2007, starring <a href="/wiki/Laura_Bell_Bundy" title="Laura Bell Bundy">Laura Bell Bundy</a>. In May 2020, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Mindy_Kaling" title="Mindy Kaling">Mindy Kaling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Goor" title="Dan Goor">Dan Goor</a> were signed to write a third film.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third film was set to release in 2022 but has been delayed to an undisclosed date. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In California, <a href="/wiki/Fashion_merchandising" title="Fashion merchandising">fashion merchandising</a> student and <a href="/wiki/Sorority" class="mw-redirect" title="Sorority">sorority</a> girl <a href="/wiki/Elle_Woods" title="Elle Woods">Elle Woods</a> is taken to a local restaurant by her boyfriend, Warner Huntington III. She expects a proposal, but he breaks up with her instead. Intending to become a successful senator, he believes Elle is not "serious" enough for that kind of life. Elle assumes she can win Warner back if she shows herself capable of achieving the same things. After months of studying, Elle scores a 179 on the <a href="/wiki/Law_School_Admission_Test" title="Law School Admission Test">Law School Admission Test</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, combined with her 4.0 <a href="/wiki/GPA" class="mw-redirect" title="GPA">GPA</a>, is accepted to <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a>. </p><p>During the first semester, Elle discovers her <a href="/wiki/Southern_California" title="Southern California">SoCal</a> personality is a complete contrast to her distrusting East Coast classmates. Elle learns of Warner's engagement to his previous girlfriend, Vivian Kensington, and befriends local manicurist Paulette Bonafonté. Later, as Elle tells Warner she intends to apply for one of her professor's internships, he says she is not smart enough. Realizing that Warner will neither take her back nor take her seriously, Elle decides to improve herself by demonstrating her understanding of the subject. </p><p>The following semester, Harvard's most respected teacher Professor Callahan hires some first-year interns, including Elle, Warner, and Vivian, to participate in a high-profile case involving prominent fitness instructor Brooke Windham, one of Elle's role models. Accused of murdering her husband, Brooke is unwilling to produce her alibi, and she later reveals to Elle she was secretly having <a href="/wiki/Liposuction" title="Liposuction">liposuction</a> during the murder, which Elle promises not to disclose. Vivian later gains a new respect for Elle and reveals Warner's father helped him get in. Emmett Richmond, Callahan's junior partner, also discovers her potential. </p><p>One night, Callahan attempts to seduce Elle, who assumes that is why she became an intern. She quits in devastation and tells Emmett what happened. Brooke, after learning of Callahan's behavior, replaces him with Elle under Emmett's guidance, as law students may represent clients if they do so under the supervision of a licensed attorney. </p><p>While cross-examining Brooke's stepdaughter, Chutney, Elle eventually discovers significant inconsistencies in her story: Chutney testified she was home during her father's murder but did not hear the gunshot because she was in the shower after <a href="/wiki/Perm_(hairstyle)" title="Perm (hairstyle)">getting her hair permed</a> that morning. Elle says washing permed hair within the first 24 hours would deactivate the <a href="/wiki/Ammonium_thioglycolate" title="Ammonium thioglycolate">ammonium thioglycolate</a>, pointing out Chutney's curls are still intact. A distraught Chutney admits killing her father, as she intended to kill Brooke because her father married someone the same age as her. </p><p>After the trial, Chutney is taken into custody, Brooke is cleared of all charges, and Elle is hailed by the media. Warner asks Elle to take him back since she has proven herself, but she rejects him, realizing he is shallow and a "complete bonehead". However, she and Vivian become best friends, especially after Vivian dumps Warner. Elle gives the graduation speech two years later, while Warner graduates with no honors, no job offers, and no girlfriend. Emmett has started his own law firm, with plans to propose to Elle later that night. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reese_Witherspoon" title="Reese Witherspoon">Reese Witherspoon</a> as <a href="/wiki/Elle_Woods" title="Elle Woods">Elle Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Wilson" title="Luke Wilson">Luke Wilson</a> as Emmett Richmond</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selma_Blair" title="Selma Blair">Selma Blair</a> as Vivian Kensington</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Davis" title="Matthew Davis">Matthew Davis</a> as Warner Huntington III, a Harvard student from five generations of senators</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Garber" title="Victor Garber">Victor Garber</a> as Professor Aaron Callahan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Coolidge" title="Jennifer Coolidge">Jennifer Coolidge</a> as Paulette Bonafonté</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holland_Taylor" title="Holland Taylor">Holland Taylor</a> as Professor Elspeth Stromwell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Larter" title="Ali Larter">Ali Larter</a> as Brooke Taylor-Windham</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Cauffiel" title="Jessica Cauffiel">Jessica Cauffiel</a> as Margot Chapman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alanna_Ubach" title="Alanna Ubach">Alanna Ubach</a> as Serena McGuire</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oz_Perkins" title="Oz Perkins">Oz Perkins</a> as David Kidney</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Cardellini" title="Linda Cardellini">Linda Cardellini</a> as Chutney Windham</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Thomas_(actor)" title="Bruce Thomas (actor)">Bruce Thomas</a> as UPS Guy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meredith_Scott_Lynn" title="Meredith Scott Lynn">Meredith Scott Lynn</a> as Enid Wexler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raquel_Welch" title="Raquel Welch">Raquel Welch</a> as Mrs Windham-Vandermark</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francesca_P._Roberts" title="Francesca P. Roberts">Francesca P. Roberts</a> as Judge Marina R. Bickford</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Federman" title="Wayne Federman">Wayne Federman</a> as Harvard Admissions Counselor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimberly_McCullough" title="Kimberly McCullough">Kimberly McCullough</a> as Amy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Serano" title="Greg Serano">Greg Serano</a> as Enrique Salvatore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allyce_Beasley" title="Allyce Beasley">Allyce Beasley</a> as CULA Advisor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonie_(dog)" title="Moonie (dog)">Moondoggie</a> as Bruiser Woods</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#FFC0CB; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align: left;">"I wrote it all on pink paper, with my pink furry pen. I finally found an agent who picked it up out of a slush pile because it was on pink paper. It went out to studios and publishing houses the same day, and overnight there was a bidding war. MGM bought it. But it was rejected by everybody on the publishing side." </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">— Amanda Brown<sup id="cite_ref-sf-chronicle_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sf-chronicle-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Luketic_Kirsten_Smith_and_Karen_McCullah_at_Alamo_Drafthouse_Cinema.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Robert_Luketic_Kirsten_Smith_and_Karen_McCullah_at_Alamo_Drafthouse_Cinema.jpg/220px-Robert_Luketic_Kirsten_Smith_and_Karen_McCullah_at_Alamo_Drafthouse_Cinema.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Robert_Luketic_Kirsten_Smith_and_Karen_McCullah_at_Alamo_Drafthouse_Cinema.jpg/330px-Robert_Luketic_Kirsten_Smith_and_Karen_McCullah_at_Alamo_Drafthouse_Cinema.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Robert_Luketic_Kirsten_Smith_and_Karen_McCullah_at_Alamo_Drafthouse_Cinema.jpg/440px-Robert_Luketic_Kirsten_Smith_and_Karen_McCullah_at_Alamo_Drafthouse_Cinema.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1642" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Karen_McCullah" title="Karen McCullah">Karen McCullah Lutz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Luketic" title="Robert Luketic">Robert Luketic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Smith_(writer)" title="Kirsten Smith (writer)">Kirsten Smith</a> pose with a fan at a screening of <i>Legally Blonde</i> in 2016.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Brown_(novelist)" title="Amanda Brown (novelist)">Amanda Brown</a> published <i><a href="/wiki/Legally_Blonde_(novel)" title="Legally Blonde (novel)">Legally Blonde</a></i> in 2001, basing it upon her real life experiences as a blonde attending <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Law_School" title="Stanford Law School">Stanford Law School</a>, while being obsessed with fashion and beauty, reading <i><a href="/wiki/Elle_(magazine)" title="Elle (magazine)">Elle</a></i> magazine, and frequently clashing with the personalities of her peers.<sup id="cite_ref-sf-chronicle_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sf-chronicle-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown said that when she first arrived at Stanford, she discovered she had made a big mistake. "I was in my first week of law school, in 1993, and I saw this flyer for "The Women of Stanford Law," so I was like, 'I'll go and meet some nice girls. Whatever.' I went to the meeting, and these were not women. These were really angry people. The woman who was leading it spent three years at Stanford trying to change the name '<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/semester" class="extiw" title="wikt:semester">semester</a>' to 'ovester.' I started laughing and I realized everyone in the room took it very seriously. So I didn't make any friends there."<sup id="cite_ref-sf-chronicle_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sf-chronicle-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown wrote letters to her parents about these experiences and originally thought about writing a book of essays about her law school experience until a literary agent advised her to adapt them into a novel.<sup id="cite_ref-Silverman_2003_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silverman_2003-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown took a community college writing class, put together a manuscript, and shopped the book around but was unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-Silverman_2003_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silverman_2003-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She later resubmitted her manuscript again, this time in pink, which got the attention of an agent,<sup id="cite_ref-sf-chronicle_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sf-chronicle-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "movie people went nuts."<sup id="cite_ref-Silverman_2003_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silverman_2003-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amanda's mother, Suzanne, remembers the day of the bidding war and thought she would be lucky to get $10,000 but the final figure was considerably more.<sup id="cite_ref-Silverman_2003_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silverman_2003-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Producer <a href="/wiki/Marc_Platt_(producer)" title="Marc Platt (producer)">Marc Platt</a> was intrigued by the character of <a href="/wiki/Elle_Woods" title="Elle Woods">Elle Woods</a> when an unpublished novel manuscript was delivered to him.<sup id="cite_ref-marc-platt_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marc-platt-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "What I loved about this story is that it's hilarious, it's sexy and, at the same time, it's empowering," says Platt. "The world looks at Elle and sees someone who is blonde and beautiful but nothing more. Elle, on the other hand, doesn't judge herself or anybody else. She thinks the world's great, she's great, everyone's great and nothing can change that. She's truly an irrepressible modern heroine."<sup id="cite_ref-marc-platt_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marc-platt-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Screenwriters <a href="/wiki/Karen_McCullah" title="Karen McCullah">Karen McCullah Lutz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Smith_(writer)" title="Kirsten Smith (writer)">Kirsten Smith</a> spent two days on Stanford's campus in the spring of 2000 doing research for their screenplay based on Brown's novel.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Director <a href="/wiki/Robert_Luketic" title="Robert Luketic">Robert Luketic</a>, an Australian newcomer who came to Hollywood on the success of his quirky debut short film <i><a href="/wiki/Titsiana_Booberini" title="Titsiana Booberini">Titsiana Booberini</a>,</i> was drawn to the project while looking for a breakthrough film. "I had been reading scripts for two years, not finding anything I could put my own personal mark on, until <i>Legally Blonde</i> came around," Luketic said.<sup id="cite_ref-Urban_Cinefile_2020_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Urban_Cinefile_2020-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mundhra_2001_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mundhra_2001-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reese_Witherspoon_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Reese_Witherspoon_2012.jpg/170px-Reese_Witherspoon_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Reese_Witherspoon_2012.jpg/255px-Reese_Witherspoon_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Reese_Witherspoon_2012.jpg/340px-Reese_Witherspoon_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1219" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Witherspoon was Luketic's first choice to play Elle Woods, but she needed to audition multiple times to convince Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.</figcaption></figure> <p>Luketic explained that when the studio first green-lit the project, they were not aware that the film would be structured as a progressively feel-good, <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_empowerment" title="Women's empowerment">women's empowerment</a> movie.<sup id="cite_ref-John-Moore-2016_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John-Moore-2016-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Initially, they thought it was going to be much more wet T-shirts and boobs than it actually turned out to be", said Luketic.<sup id="cite_ref-John-Moore-2016_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John-Moore-2016-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, the first script for <i>Legally Blonde</i> was edgy and raunchy in a similar vein to <i><a href="/wiki/American_Pie_(film)" title="American Pie (film)">American Pie</a></i>. The murder trial was not part of the plot and the film ended with Elle getting into a relationship with a professor. "It transformed from nonstop zingers that were very adult in nature to this universal story of overcoming adversity by being oneself," said Smith. When it was decided to change the film's plot, McCullah and Smith finessed some details and added a few characters, like Paulette.<sup id="cite_ref-Oral_History_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oral_History-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charlize_Theron" title="Charlize Theron">Charlize Theron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwyneth_Paltrow" title="Gwyneth Paltrow">Gwyneth Paltrow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Silverstone" title="Alicia Silverstone">Alicia Silverstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Heigl" title="Katherine Heigl">Katherine Heigl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christina_Applegate" title="Christina Applegate">Christina Applegate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milla_Jovovich" title="Milla Jovovich">Milla Jovovich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Love_Hewitt" title="Jennifer Love Hewitt">Jennifer Love Hewitt</a> were all considered for the lead role<sup id="cite_ref-John-Moore-2016_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John-Moore-2016-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Luketic said he "knew on page five of the script that [he] wanted Reese to play Elle."<sup id="cite_ref-Urban_Cinefile_2020_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Urban_Cinefile_2020-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I wanted someone with gravitas and brains," he explained. "There had to be more behind the face, and Reese just fit the bill."<sup id="cite_ref-John-Moore-2016_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John-Moore-2016-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Witherspoon was the first person who read the script, and it was not sent to any other actresses; casting director Joseph Middleton had also previously worked with Witherspoon in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Moon_(1991_film)" title="The Man in the Moon (1991 film)">The Man in the Moon</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/A_Far_Off_Place" title="A Far Off Place">A Far Off Place</a></i>, so he strongly believed in her for the role when Platt brought up Witherspoon's name. Applegate turned down the role and Platt suggested at one point to cast <a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a>, but McCullah convinced him to not cast Spears after her <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-Oral_History_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oral_History-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite Luketic's enthusiasm for Witherspoon to be cast as the lead, <a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a> was not convinced.<sup id="cite_ref-THR-2019_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THR-2019-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Witherspoon's performance as <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Flick" title="Tracy Flick">Tracy Flick</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Election_(1999_film)" title="Election (1999 film)">Election</a></i> put her at risk of being <a href="/wiki/Typecasting" title="Typecasting">typecast</a> by the studio heads.<sup id="cite_ref-THR-2019_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THR-2019-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "They thought I was a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shrew" class="extiw" title="wikt:shrew">shrew</a>," Witherspoon told <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i>. Witherspoon had been passed over for several other post-<i>Election</i> roles. "My manager finally called and said, 'You've got to go meet with the studio head because he will not approve you. He thinks you really are your character from <i>Election</i> and that you're repellent.' And then I was told to dress sexy."<sup id="cite_ref-THR-2019_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THR-2019-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Witherspoon went through several rounds of auditions for the part, even meeting with executives in character with a Southern California accent. "I remember a room full of men who were asking me questions about being a coed and being in a sorority," Witherspoon recalled. "Even though I had dropped out of college four years earlier and I have never been inside a sorority house."<sup id="cite_ref-THR-2019_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THR-2019-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Luketic remembered meeting with her to discuss how she'd approach the role. "We met at a hotel on <a href="/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard" title="Sunset Boulevard">Sunset Boulevard</a> and discussed the film...we were both concerned about some aspects, like how can the audience feel sorry for a rich girl driving a <a href="/wiki/Porsche" title="Porsche">Porsche</a>; and she had to dress in a very particular way that wasn't distracting or off-putting...And every decision came from a certain innocence [of the character]."<sup id="cite_ref-Urban_Cinefile_2020_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Urban_Cinefile_2020-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Coolidge" title="Jennifer Coolidge">Jennifer Coolidge</a> was cast as Elle's manicurist friend Paulette, a role which <a href="/wiki/Courtney_Love" title="Courtney Love">Courtney Love</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kathy_Najimy" title="Kathy Najimy">Kathy Najimy</a> had also been considered for, according to some rumors Coolidge heard. For the role of Warner's new girlfriend Vivian, Smith suggested casting <a href="/wiki/Chlo%C3%AB_Sevigny" title="Chloë Sevigny">Chloë Sevigny</a>. This suggestion did not work out, so <a href="/wiki/Selma_Blair" title="Selma Blair">Selma Blair</a> was cast instead; Blair and Witherspoon had previously been together in <i><a href="/wiki/Cruel_Intentions" title="Cruel Intentions">Cruel Intentions</a></i>, allowing their friendship to be an anchor between their characters. <a href="/wiki/Ali_Larter" title="Ali Larter">Ali Larter</a> originally wanted to play one of Elle's sorority sisters, but upon reading the script, she fell in love with the character of Brooke Taylor Windham, the fitness instructor on trial for murder.<sup id="cite_ref-Oral_History_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oral_History-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The screenwriters envisioned Luke Wilson as they were coming up with Elle's love interest Emmett Richmond. "They auditioned a bunch of other guys and we're like, 'How about auditioning Luke Wilson for the Luke Wilson role?'" McCullah Lutz said.<sup id="cite_ref-EW.com_2018_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW.com_2018-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Middleton desired to cast <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bettany" title="Paul Bettany">Paul Bettany</a> as Emmett, but the crew felt that the character should be American whereas Bettany is British.<sup id="cite_ref-Oral_History_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oral_History-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final product came after "something like 10 drafts of the script. I worked with the writers (Kirsten Smith, Karen McCullah Lutz, working from Amanda Brown's novel) who stayed on after we started shooting," Luketic explained. "And we'd have re-thinks and re-writes, often in the middle of the night."<sup id="cite_ref-Urban_Cinefile_2020_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Urban_Cinefile_2020-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An unused idea for the finished film included having a <a href="/wiki/Cameo_appearance" title="Cameo appearance">cameo appearance</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Judge_Judy" title="Judge Judy">Judge Judy</a></i> during Elle's Harvard video essay in which Elle and her friends chased down the show's host, but the scene was cut when <a href="/wiki/Judge_Judy_Sheindlin" class="mw-redirect" title="Judge Judy Sheindlin">Judge Judy Sheindlin</a> could not get on board. <a href="/wiki/Alanna_Ubach" title="Alanna Ubach">Alanna Ubach</a> suggested instead to cast Witherspoon's then-husband <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Phillippe" title="Ryan Phillippe">Ryan Phillippe</a> for the part, rewritten as a male character, but Witherspoon did not feel the idea would play out.<sup id="cite_ref-Oral_History_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oral_History-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Witherspoon researched the character by studying sorority girls on their campuses and associated hot spots. She went to dinner with them and joked she was conducting an "anthropological study".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I could have gone into this and been really ditsy and played what I would have thought this character was, and I would have missed a whole other side of her," Witherspoon added.<sup id="cite_ref-chicago-tribune_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chicago-tribune-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "But by going down to Beverly Hills, hanging out in <a href="/wiki/Neiman_Marcus" title="Neiman Marcus">Neiman Marcus</a>, eating in their cafe and seeing how these women walk and speak, I got into the reality of the character. I saw how polite these women are, and I saw how much they value their female friendships and how important it is to support each other".<sup id="cite_ref-chicago-tribune_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chicago-tribune-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cast and crew also did a lot of research, with McCullah and Smith visiting the Stanford Law School for a week during orientation time; a scene of a group composed of new students going around in a circle was inspired on law students the screenwriters eavesdropped during their visit. They also sat for the criminal law and constitutional law classes; McCullah particularly got bored during the second class despite finding the first interesting, but this inspired her to write some scenes during that class.<sup id="cite_ref-Oral_History_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oral_History-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reese Witherspoon said in an interview regarding her character: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>You see so many beautiful people in this world, especially in the world that I live in and a lot of your first instincts is to discount women who put a lot of effort into their looks as maybe not serious about their job or maybe not serious about their relationships ... I think everyone naturally jumps to those conclusions ... I was interested in exploring the difference between [the way] someone looks and how people perceive them and how they really are. I'm not necessarily perky and bubbly all the time, so it's been a lot of effort to stay up and the amount of care and energy she puts into a lot things has really been a challenge for me and trying to convey that lightness all the time is hard work.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Costume_design">Costume design</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Costume design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#FFC0CB; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align: left;">"The catch phrase was: "What would Elle do?" How would a fashion-obsessed, fish out of water assimilate into Harvard and a law firm without compromising her personal style? So, I took each situation and interpreted what would be appropriate in a unique way. Driving to Harvard? A leather driving suit. First day at the law office? A riff on a 1940's romantic comedy, pencil skirt and ruffle blues, but in the greys, this time. Things like that." </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">— Sophie de Rakoff<sup id="cite_ref-HelloGiggles_2016_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HelloGiggles_2016-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The film's costume designer, Sophie De Rakoff, became fast friends with Witherspoon on the set, bonding over <a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a>. "It was that simple. We just liked each other, and geeked out on Dolly," De Rakoff said.<sup id="cite_ref-sophie_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sophie-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dominant color palette for Elle's outfits in the film is pink. "The backstory is, Reese and I, and maybe the production designers, went to visit some sororities [in downtown Los Angeles]. We knew that she needed a signature color, and we were like, 'Do we really want it to be pink? It's so on the nose. It's so feminine. Could we do lavender? Could we do light blue? Is there another color that we could do?' When we met all the sorority girls, it had to be pink."<sup id="cite_ref-EW.com_2016_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW.com_2016-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Witherspoon sported 40 different hairstyles in the film.<sup id="cite_ref-TVOvermind_2018_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVOvermind_2018-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Oh my God, it became known as 'The Hair That Ate Hollywood,'" Luketic said. "It became all about the hair. I have this obsession with flyaways. It would annoy Reese a little bit because I would always have hairdressers in her face. But really the most time and research and testing on the set went into getting the color right, because 'blonde' is subject to interpretation, I found."<sup id="cite_ref-John-Moore-2016_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John-Moore-2016-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filming">Filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Legally_Blonde_filming_location_at_Kerckhoff_Hall_at_UCLA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Legally_Blonde_filming_location_at_Kerckhoff_Hall_at_UCLA.jpg/220px-Legally_Blonde_filming_location_at_Kerckhoff_Hall_at_UCLA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Legally_Blonde_filming_location_at_Kerckhoff_Hall_at_UCLA.jpg/330px-Legally_Blonde_filming_location_at_Kerckhoff_Hall_at_UCLA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Legally_Blonde_filming_location_at_Kerckhoff_Hall_at_UCLA.jpg/440px-Legally_Blonde_filming_location_at_Kerckhoff_Hall_at_UCLA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The front lawn of UCLA's <a href="/wiki/Kerckhoff_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerckhoff Hall">Kerckhoff Hall</a>, as seen during the orientation scene in <i>Legally Blonde</i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Luketic said he was "terrified" on his first day of filming. "I come from making a ten-minute short with a crew of ten people to a crew of 200 and having enough trucks and trailers to wrap around a city block."<sup id="cite_ref-Urban_Cinefile_2020_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Urban_Cinefile_2020-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a> and Stanford refused to allow the producers to use their college names in the film.<sup id="cite_ref-permission_slip_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-permission_slip-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "[The producers of the film] asked if they could set the film at USC, but the images of her as an undergraduate and being in a sorority ... we felt there was too much stereotyping going on," says Elijah May, campus filming coordinator at USC. The production settled on having Elle go to a fictional college called CULA.<sup id="cite_ref-permission_slip_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-permission_slip-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the film was primarily set at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, campus scenes were filmed at USC,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Los_Angeles_Magazine_2016_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Los_Angeles_Magazine_2016-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/California_Institute_of_Technology" title="California Institute of Technology">California Institute of Technology</a>, and Rose City High School in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Worldwide_Guide_to_Movie_Locations_2020_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Worldwide_Guide_to_Movie_Locations_2020-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Production initially lasted from October to December 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-Garrison_Chapman_Kickham_2018_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garrison_Chapman_Kickham_2018-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Variety_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "bend and snap" scene — where Elle explains to Paulette how to get her crush's attention — almost did not make it into the movie.<sup id="cite_ref-bend_and_snap_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bend_and_snap-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "[Producer] Marc Platt wanted a B plot for Paulette (Jennifer Coolidge)," McCullah Lutz told <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i>. "At first we were like, 'Should the store be robbed?'" Co-writer Kirsten Smith observed, "I think we spent a week or two trying to figure out what the B plot and this big set piece should be. There were crime plots. We were pitching scene after scene and it all felt very tonally weird".<sup id="cite_ref-bend_and_snap_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bend_and_snap-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later, while brainstorming at a bar in Los Angeles, McCullah Lutz came up with a solution: "What if Elle shows [Paulette] a move so she can get the UPS guy?" On the spur of the moment, Smith invented a move, standing up and demonstrating what would become the bend and snap. Smith explains, "It was a spontaneous invention. It was a completely drunken moment in a bar." Director Robert Luketic later adapted the "bend and snap" move into a dance number for the film. </p><p>"... It was a fully choreographed number by <a href="/wiki/Toni_Basil" title="Toni Basil">Toni Basil</a>, and she was awesome," Witherspoon recalls. "She did the whole dance."<sup id="cite_ref-bend-and-snap-et-interview_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bend-and-snap-et-interview-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I remember just reading it and thinking it was the most hysterical thing ever," she added. "That is still the most asked request I get from people. Even this past year, when I have been giving speeches or talking about whatever, they always ask me, 'Will you do the bend and snap?' I have a feeling I will be doing the bend and snap until I am 95".<sup id="cite_ref-bend-and-snap-et-interview_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bend-and-snap-et-interview-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While filming the courthouse scenes, <a href="/wiki/Raquel_Welch" title="Raquel Welch">Raquel Welch</a> requested cinematographer <a href="/wiki/Anthony_B._Richmond" title="Anthony B. Richmond">Anthony B. Richmond</a> special lightning for her scenes as Mrs. Windham Vandermark due to her obsession with light and dressed on her own accord to look better.<sup id="cite_ref-Oral_History_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oral_History-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film originally ended at the courthouse right after Woods won the case, with Elle on the courthouse steps sharing a victory kiss with Emmett, then cutting one year into the future to her and a now-blonde Vivian starting their own Blonde Legal Defense Club at law school. After test audiences revealed they did not like this ending, McCullah Lutz and Smith consulted with Luketic, Platt and other members of the production team while still in the lobby of the movie theater and they all agreed a new conclusion was necessary. "It was just kind of a weak ending," explained screenwriter McCullah Lutz. "The kiss didn't feel right because it's not a rom-com — it wasn't about their relationship. So test audiences were saying, 'We want to see what happens — we want to see her succeed.' So that's why we rewrote for graduation".<sup id="cite_ref-Strause_2015_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strause_2015-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ubach and <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Cauffiel" title="Jessica Cauffiel">Jessica Cauffiel</a> claim that the original ending also included Elle and Vivian drinking <a href="/wiki/Margarita" title="Margarita">margaritas</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, with the implication that they were either now best friends or involved romantically although Smith and McCullah never wrote such ending. Other endings proposed for the film included a <a href="/wiki/Number_(music)" title="Number (music)">musical number</a> in which Elle, the judge, the jury and everyone in the courthouse broke into singing and dancing.<sup id="cite_ref-Oral_History_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oral_History-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The screenwriters wrote a new ending taking place at graduation, which was filmed at <a href="/wiki/Dulwich_College" title="Dulwich College">Dulwich College</a> in London, England since Witherspoon was in that city filming <i><a href="/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(2002_film)" title="The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film)">The Importance of Being Earnest</a></i>. Witherspoon had also cut her hair for that film and Wilson had shaved his head for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Tenenbaums" title="The Royal Tenenbaums">The Royal Tenenbaums</a></i>. As both actors had changed their hair for their next movies, each had to wear wigs for the scene.<sup id="cite_ref-Briese_2018_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Briese_2018-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Box office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Legally Blonde</i> was released on July 13, 2001 in North America. Its opening weekend gross of $20 million<sup id="cite_ref-box_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-box-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> made it a <a href="/wiki/Sleeper_hit" title="Sleeper hit">sleeper hit</a> for the struggling <a href="/wiki/MGM" class="mw-redirect" title="MGM">MGM</a> studio, and it went on to gross $96.5 million in North America and $45.2 million elsewhere, for a worldwide total of $141.7 million.<sup id="cite_ref-box_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-box-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was released in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> on October 26, 2001, and opened on #2, behind <i><a href="/wiki/American_Pie_2" title="American Pie 2">American Pie 2</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> <i>Legally Blonde</i> has an approval rating of 71% based on reviews from 150 critics, with an average rating of 6.20/10. The site's consensus reads, "Though the material is predictable and formulaic, Reese Witherspoon's funny, nuanced performance makes this movie better than it would have been otherwise."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a> the film has a score of 59 out of 100, based on 32 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Audiences surveyed by <a href="/wiki/CinemaScore" title="CinemaScore">CinemaScore</a> gave the film a grade "A−" on scale of A to F.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> gave it three out of four stars, saying the film was "impossible to dislike" and "Witherspoon effortlessly animated this material with sunshine and quick wit."<sup id="cite_ref-Roger_Ebert_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roger_Ebert-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Todd_McCarthy" title="Todd McCarthy">Todd McCarthy</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> said Witherspoon gave a "wonderful and winning" performance. "Beaming star wattage out of every pore, not to mention her hair, Witherspoon once again proves herself a comedienne worthy of comparison to such golden era greats as <a href="/wiki/Carole_Lombard" title="Carole Lombard">Carole Lombard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ginger_Rogers" title="Ginger Rogers">Ginger Rogers</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-McCarthy_McCarthy_2001_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCarthy_McCarthy_2001-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michael Wilmington of <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> also commended Witherspoon's performance, saying her "comic timing immaculate, her persona irresistible. But it's her spirit and immersion in the part that really infuse the whole film and make it work." He added that Witherspoon [pours] "so much humor and pizazz into Elle that she lifts up the whole movie."<sup id="cite_ref-Wilmington_Chicago_Tribune_2001_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilmington_Chicago_Tribune_2001-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/B._Ruby_Rich" title="B. Ruby Rich">B. Ruby Rich</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nation" title="The Nation">The Nation</a></i> called it "the best empowerment movie for teenage girls to come along in ages."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Paul_Clinton" title="Paul Clinton">Paul Clinton</a> lauded the film as a "sassy satire that retains a message: believe in yourself and follow your dreams."<sup id="cite_ref-Clinton_2001_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clinton_2001-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Others were more critical of the film and its screenplay. Kirk Honeycutt of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i> described the film as "predictable, cutesy and surprisingly short on genuine humor" but "still gets by thanks to the magnetic presence of Witherspoon."<sup id="cite_ref-The_Hollywood_Reporter_2001_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Hollywood_Reporter_2001-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michael O'Sullivan of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> called the movie a "<i><a href="/wiki/Clueless" title="Clueless">Clueless</a></i> redux but without the edgy, knowing wit."<sup id="cite_ref-Washington_Post_2001_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Washington_Post_2001-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jessica Winter of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i> panned the film as a "junk-food movie striving to be nutritious." "It's one of your racier Be Yourself after-school specials crossed with <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Moved_My_Cheese%3F" title="Who Moved My Cheese?">Who Moved My Cheese?</a></i> for <a href="/wiki/CosmoGirl" title="CosmoGirl">Cosmo girls</a>," Winter asserted.<sup id="cite_ref-villagevoice.com_2001_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-villagevoice.com_2001-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_accuracy">Legal accuracy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Legal accuracy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Legally Blonde</i> has received mixed reviews among legal scholars for its depiction of law school and the accuracy of its application of the law. <a href="/wiki/LegalEagle_(YouTuber)" class="mw-redirect" title="LegalEagle (YouTuber)">Devin Stone</a>, better known online as LegalEagle, a <a href="/wiki/YouTuber" title="YouTuber">YouTuber</a> and American lawyer, observed that the application process portrayed in the movie in which Elle Woods sent the Harvard Law School admissions board a video essay was not possible. "There's no way to upload that on the law school application system," Stone noted.<sup id="cite_ref-Stone_2020_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stone_2020-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "During orientation, Harvard Law School actually played the clip of Elle's admissions video with the admissions committee deciding to let her in, and then they swore that's not how they made decisions," explained Jameyanne Fuller, a student at Harvard Law School.<sup id="cite_ref-Lembo_2019_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lembo_2019-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Certain elements of law school are also omitted from the film. "The movie totally skipped first semester exams which is like the most stressful time in law school ever," said Fuller.<sup id="cite_ref-Lembo_2019_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lembo_2019-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stone said Woods had no authority to act as a lawyer when she represented Paulette Bonafonté over custody of her dog from her ex-husband and called her conduct a "huge ethical violation." "She hasn't finished law school, she's never passed the <a href="/wiki/Bar_examination" title="Bar examination">bar</a> and she has absolutely no right to call herself an attorney," Stone observed. "That's called the unauthorized <a href="/wiki/Practice_of_law" title="Practice of law">practice of law</a>. If anyone finds out that she committed this...while she was at Harvard Law School, she'd probably be barred from entering the bar in virtually any state in the United States."<sup id="cite_ref-Stone_2020_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stone_2020-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unauthorized practice of law in <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> carries a fine of $100 or imprisonment for not more than six months.<sup id="cite_ref-The_192nd_General_Court_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Massachusetts_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_192nd_General_Court_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Massachusetts-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Contrary to what is shown in the film, Woods would not be able to question a witness on the stand during a criminal trial, according to W. Bradley Wendel, a law professor at <a href="/wiki/Cornell_Law_School" title="Cornell Law School">Cornell Law School</a><i>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-Wendel_2007_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wendel_2007-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film cites <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court" title="Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court">Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court</a> Rule 3.03 as precedent for Woods being able to represent a client while under the supervision of a licensed attorney,<sup id="cite_ref-Mass.gov_2012_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mass.gov_2012-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the ruling only applies to third-year law students.<sup id="cite_ref-Lembo_2019_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lembo_2019-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accolades">Accolades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Category </th> <th scope="col">Recipient </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Teen_Choice_Awards" title="2001 Teen Choice Awards">Teen Choice Awards</a> </td> <td colspan="2">Choice Summer Movie </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="10">2002 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/59th_Golden_Globe_Awards" title="59th Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-globes_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globes-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Musical_or_Comedy" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy">Golden Globe for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture_Musical_or_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy">Golden Globe for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reese_Witherspoon" title="Reese Witherspoon">Reese Witherspoon</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/2002_MTV_Movie_Awards" title="2002 MTV Movie Awards">MTV Movie Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-mtvawards_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mtvawards-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/MTV_Movie_Award_for_Best_Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Movie Award for Best Movie">Best Movie</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/MTV_Movie_Award_for_Best_Performance_in_a_Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Movie Award for Best Performance in a Movie">Best Female Performance</a> </td> <td rowspan="5">Reese Witherspoon </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/MTV_Movie_Award_for_Best_Comedic_Performance" title="MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance">Best Comedic Performance</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Line </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Dressed </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/6th_Golden_Satellite_Awards" title="6th Golden Satellite Awards">Satellite Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" class="mw-redirect" title="Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture">Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Satellite Award for Best Original Score">Satellite Award for Best Original Score</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rolfe_Kent" title="Rolfe Kent">Rolfe Kent</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BMI_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="BMI Awards">BMI Awards</a> </td> <td>BMI Film Music Award </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>More than twenty years later, the film continues to inspire generations of filmgoers, many of them women who went on to become prospective law students. "At least once a week, I have a woman come up to me and say, 'I went to law school because of <i>Legally Blonde</i>,'" Witherspoon said. "It's incredible...You can be unapologetically feminine but also smart and driven."<sup id="cite_ref-Blasberg_2017_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blasberg_2017-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "When I saw the movie I just felt it gave me like a real surge of motivation because I really identified with her," Layla Summers, a family law attorney, told <a href="/wiki/Spectrum_News" title="Spectrum News">Spectrum News</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hod_2019_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hod_2019-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I think the movie is still very relevant," she added. "Just being a girl and being a woman, the odds are stacked against you still...When I watch the movie now I feel like I'm part of a great club of powerful professional women, like a sorority."<sup id="cite_ref-Hod_2019_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hod_2019-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"When I got to law school, on the toughest days, I would pop in the movie and get a good laugh," Shalyn Smith, a California law student and sorority president, said in an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/People_(magazine)" title="People (magazine)">People</a></i> magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-Pearl_2016_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearl_2016-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Elle embodies fighting for what is right, staying true to yourself, and defeating the odds. It's crazy that one movie can do that, you know?"<sup id="cite_ref-Pearl_2016_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearl_2016-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Entertainment reporter Lucy Ford revealed to Witherspoon during an interview in 2018 that she had written her college dissertation on the film and presented her a pink-ribbon bound copy.<sup id="cite_ref-Todd_2018_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Todd_2018-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Soundtrack">Soundtrack</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Soundtrack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Legally_Blonde_(soundtrack)" title="Legally Blonde (soundtrack)">Legally Blonde (soundtrack)</a></div> <p>The <i>Legally Blonde</i> soundtrack includes music from <a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Carlton" title="Vanessa Carlton">Vanessa Carlton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samantha_Mumba" title="Samantha Mumba">Samantha Mumba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Superchick" title="Superchick">Superchick</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hoku" title="Hoku">Hoku</a>, who sings the opening song, "Perfect Day."<sup id="cite_ref-Lakshmin_2016_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lakshmin_2016-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"No one really knew that <i>Legally Blonde</i> was going to be what it was, Literally, [my label heads] were like, 'This movie's not going to become anything.' And then the next thing you know, it's like, this iconic movie. And my song opens it!" Hoku said in an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Billboard_2020_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billboard_2020-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Sitting in the premiere and hearing my song open the movie, and everyone's cheering – it felt like, 'I've really arrived now, folks.'"<sup id="cite_ref-Billboard_2020_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billboard_2020-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The soundtrack album was released July 10, 2001, by A&M Records.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Franchise">Franchise</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Franchise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Legally_Blonde_(franchise)" title="Legally Blonde (franchise)">Legally Blonde (franchise)</a></div> <p>The success of the film spawned a sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/Legally_Blonde_2:_Red,_White_%26_Blonde" title="Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde">Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Musical_film" title="Musical film">musical</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Direct-to-video" title="Direct-to-video">straight-to-home video</a> release starring British twins <a href="/wiki/Camilla_and_Rebecca_Rosso" title="Camilla and Rebecca Rosso">Camilla and Rebecca Rosso</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Legally_Blondes" title="Legally Blondes">Legally Blondes</a></i>, and an upcoming <a href="/wiki/2025" title="2025">2025</a> <a href="/wiki/Prequel" title="Prequel">prequel</a> series announced by <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Video" title="Amazon Prime Video">Amazon Prime Video</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Elle_(TV_series)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elle (TV series) (page does not exist)">Elle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musical">Musical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Musical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Legally_Blonde_(musical)" title="Legally Blonde (musical)">Legally Blonde (musical)</a></div> <p>In April 2007, a musical adaptation premiered on Broadway to mixed reviews,<sup id="cite_ref-The_New_York_Times_2008_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_New_York_Times_2008-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> starring <a href="/wiki/Laura_Bell_Bundy" title="Laura Bell Bundy">Laura Bell Bundy</a> as Elle, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Borle" title="Christian Borle">Christian Borle</a> as Emmett, <a href="/wiki/Orfeh" title="Orfeh">Orfeh</a> as Paulette, Nikki Snelson as Brooke, Richard H. Blake as Warner, <a href="/wiki/Kate_Shindle" class="mw-redirect" title="Kate Shindle">Kate Shindle</a> as Vivienne, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Rupert" title="Michael Rupert">Michael Rupert</a> as Callahan,<sup id="cite_ref-Hetrick_2019_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hetrick_2019-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> running until October 19, 2008. The show, Bundy, Borle, and Orfeh were all nominated for <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ku_2007_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ku_2007-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, the Broadway show was the focus of an MTV reality-TV series called <i><a href="/wiki/Legally_Blonde:_The_Musical_%E2%80%93_The_Search_for_Elle_Woods" class="mw-redirect" title="Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods">Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods</a></i>, in which the winner would take over the role of Elle on Broadway. <a href="/wiki/Bailey_Hanks" title="Bailey Hanks">Bailey Hanks</a> from Anderson, South Carolina, won the competition.<sup id="cite_ref-Hetrick_2008_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hetrick_2008-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Legally Blonde</i> also had a three-year run at the <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Theatre" title="Savoy Theatre">Savoy Theatre</a> in London's <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End</a>, starring <a href="/wiki/Sheridan_Smith" title="Sheridan Smith">Sheridan Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Susan_McFadden" title="Susan McFadden">Susan McFadden</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Carley_Stenson" title="Carley Stenson">Carley Stenson</a> as Elle, and <a href="/wiki/Duncan_James" title="Duncan James">Duncan James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Fleeshman" title="Richard Fleeshman">Richard Fleeshman</a>, Simon Thomas, and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Freeman" title="Ben Freeman">Ben Freeman</a> as Warner.<sup id="cite_ref-Broadway.com_2011_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broadway.com_2011-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shenton_2012_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shenton_2012-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During its run, the cast also included <a href="/wiki/Alex_Gaumond" title="Alex Gaumond">Alex Gaumond</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Wolf_2011_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wolf_2011-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Denise_Van_Outen" class="mw-redirect" title="Denise Van Outen">Denise Van Outen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lee_Mead" title="Lee Mead">Lee Mead</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WestEndTheatre_2011_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WestEndTheatre_2011-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legally_Blonde&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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