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Viewers first encountered Reese Witherspoon‘s Elle Woods in the 2001 movie Legally Blonde and its 2003 sequel Red, White and Blonde.
But when it came time to explore Elle’s high school years, specifically another outsider experience moving to Seattle, 25 years after the original film was released, the team behind Elle, the Prime Video Legally Blonde prequel that began streaming earlier this month, saw an opportunity to spend more time not only with the title character, now played by Lexi Minetree, but also with the characters around her in the form of an eight-episode series that has already been renewed for and completed production on season two.
“When you have hours and hours and hours, obviously you can get so much more in depth with the character and get to know her family so it’s a much more dynamic way to tell the story of this girl,” co-showrunner Caroline Dries told The Hollywood Reporter at Elle‘s New York premiere last month.
Jason Moore — who directed the first two episodes of Elle, serves as an executive producer on the first season and has a resume that includes helming the first Pitch Perfect movie — said the series in particular offered the opportunity to better flesh out Elle’s family.
