View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images for Hello Sunshine Lexi Minetree will play Elle Woods in Elle, an upcoming Prime Video prequel series to the beloved 2001 romantic comedy Legally Blonde. What, like it's hard? In a video shared to social media earlier this year, Elle Woods originator, Reese Witherspoon, informed Lexi that she clinched the role of a lifetime. In the clip, Reese welcomed Lexi into a room and the duo sat on a couch for a conversation.