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In February, Witherspoon, who is an executive producer on the highly anticipated project, revealed in a video that Minetree would be taking on the iconic role of Elle Woods in the upcoming series.

The video featured the moment Witherspoon told Minetree she had been cast in the leading role.

\"I already love her so, so much, I promise she's in good hands,\" Minetree wrote on Instagram at the time. \"P.S. thank you for showing me how amazing I am going to look in the future, soooo looking forward to that.\"

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PHOTO: Reese Witherspoon attends as Amazon debuts Inaugural Upfront Presentation at Pier 36, May 14, 2024, in New York.
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Prime Video announced during its upfront presentation in May 2024 that it had ordered \"Elle\" from Hello Sunshine.

According to the streamer, the series, which was created by Laura Kittrell, will follow Elle during her high school years, \"as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the first Legally Blonde film.\"

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