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Reese Witherspoon promises lots ofJennifer Coolidgein the upcomingLegally Blondesequel.
In a joint interview forBackstage, Witherspoon and Coolidge discussed their television roles inThe Morning ShowandThe White Lotus, respectively. For one portion of the chat, they looked back onLegally Blonde20 years later and what fans can expect from the third film, which is currently in the works.
When asked aboutLegally Blonde 3details, Coolidge, 60, joked that she is “dying to know” more. “Reese is the keeper of the keys. … I know so little of what’s happening with that, so I can’t wait to hear what Reese has to say today.”
Said Witherspoon, 45, “I wish I could take a poll of everybody watching and say like, ‘What do you wanna see us do?’ I mean, just the idea of being anywhere with Jennifer would be the greatest. And visiting characters 20 years later to see what’s changed about them and what hasn’t.”
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“It’s a lot of me and this lady,” said Witherspoon, signaling to Coolidge. “That’s all I have to say!”
“I can’t wait to see what people will think of the way we wrote Elle Woods,“Kaling toldAccessat the time. “We wrote Elle Woods at 40, so how Elle is at 40 versus how she was at 21 has been really fun to imagine.”
Kaling added that fans can expect references to the series' iconic moments in the third installment: " ‘Bend and snap’ is forever. We definitely have a lot of fan favorites from the original movie.”
source: people.com
