View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images for Hello Sunshine Lexi Minetree plays a teenage version of Elle Woods in Elle, the upcoming Prime Video prequel series to the beloved 2001 romantic comedy Legally Blonde - which was already greenlit for season 2 before its season 1 premiere. What, like it's hard? In a video shared to social media in 2025, Elle Woods originator, Reese Witherspoon, informed Lexi that she got the role of a lifetime. In the clip, Reese welcomed Lexi into a room and the duo sat on a couch for a conversation.