Reese Witherspoon is looking for a young Elle Woods for ‘Legally Blonde’ prequel

The time has come for Reese Witherspoon and the team behind the new “Legally Blonde” prequel series to find their young Elle Woods.

The time has come for Reese Witherspoon and the team behind the new “Legally Blonde” prequel series to find their young Elle Woods. On Wednesday, Witherspoon announced in a video posted to Instagram that the search is on to cast the coveted role of a high school-aged Woods for the upcoming Prime Video series “Elle,” the famed pink-clad character that Witherspoon originated in the 2001 classic. “We are starting the casting process and we are making it open,” Witherspoon said in the video. “This is going to be really fun!” In the caption, Witherspoon directed her followers to submit their auditions at the link in her bio, writing she’s “SO excited to see all of your fabulous takes on everyone’s favorite Gemini vegetarian.” Witherspoon announced the prequel series when she appeared at Prime Video’s upfront presentation in May, saying that before Woods became a Harvard Law grad, she was just a “regular ‘90s high school girl.” The series will follow a teenage Woods “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,” according to an official synopsis.