Legally Blonde
Don't judge a book by its hair color!
Country
Production
Budget
$18 000 000
Box office
$141 774 679
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Marc Platt, Ric Kidney
Camera operator
Composer
Rolfe Kent
Artist
Missy Stewart, Patricia Owen
Audition
Editing
Garth Craven, Anita Brandt-Burgoyne, Shelly Kidney
Whole Team (113)
Whole Team (113)
Short description
Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school, but while there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just looks.
What's left behind the scenes
- While preparing for the role, Reese Witherspoon spent two weeks studying the manners and behavior of female students in university sororities and spent one day attending lectures at a law college.
- The film is based on the novel 'Legally Blonde' by Amanda Brown (Legally Blonde, 2001).
- Initially, the producers planned to set the film at the University of Chicago, but the administration there objected to one of the scenes near the end of the film (where a professor puts his hand on the heroine’s leg), and the action was moved to Harvard.
- During the opening credits, a group of students (mostly boys) are shown fooling around on the lawn in front of one of the dormitories. These are actual students from the California Institute of Technology who happened to be on the lawn during filming and were asked to stay and goof off for the camera.
- The maximum possible score on the LSAT (Law School Admission Test) is 180 points. Elle scored 179 points, placing her in the top 0.1%.
- Christina Applegate was offered the role of Elle Woods by the producers but turned it down. The actress had played a similar role for a long time in the series 'Married... with Children' and did not want to portray what she felt was a similar image on screen again.
- Tori Spelling was the first actress offered the role of Elle Woods, but she declined. Later, Charlize Theron, Gwyneth Paltrow, Alicia Silverstone, Katherine Heigl, Christina Applegate, Milla Jovovich, and Jennifer Love Hewitt were also considered for the role.
- Under the terms of her contract, Reese Witherspoon kept all the costumes she wore in the film.
- The chihuahua's name in the original is Bruiser. In the Russian dub, he was called Velikan (Giant), and in the German version, Brutus (meaning 'Brutus' or, from Latin, 'rough'). In the book, the dog was named Underdog.
- The character of Elle Woods received her name after Elle magazine, which the author of the original novel, Amanda Brown, loved to read while studying at Stanford Law School.
- At one time, the author of the book that served as the literary basis for this adaptation, Amanda Brown, studied at Stanford University and wrote letters home complaining that other students didn’t accept her as one of their own. She later reworked these letters into a manuscript of the novel and sent it to an agent, who later stated that it was the only manuscript on pink paper he had ever received (pink paper is mentioned in the film – the main character sends out her resumes printed on pink scented paper).
- Many of the dialogues in the film were originally sharper and contained ambiguous jokes, which almost led the movie to receive an R rating from the MPAA. To achieve a PG-13 rating, the creators had to cut a significant amount of dialogue. As a result, in particular, the character of Elle's mother, played by Jayne McClure, practically disappeared from the narrative.
- The original script did not include either the confrontation with Matthew Davis's character near the courthouse or the graduation scene at the end. After preview screenings, audiences were disappointed that the main character did not get revenge on Davis's character and demanded to know how the story ended (whether the main character became a lawyer). Both of these scenes had to be reshot in the UK because both Witherspoon and Davis were filming there at the time (she was filming Oliver Parker’s 2002 comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest,” and he was working on another project). Only Witherspoon and Davis were present on set for the graduation scene; everyone else was filmed in Los Angeles and later inserted into the shot. Both Witherspoon and Davis wore wigs. She changed her hairstyle after filming, while he shaved his head for the filming of the comedy “The Royal Tenenbaums” (Wes Anderson, 2001).
- According to her contract, Reese Witherspoon kept all the costumes she wore in the film.
- In preparation for the role, Reese Witherspoon studied the manners and behavior of female students from university sororities for two weeks and spent a day sitting in on lectures at a law school.
- In her time, Amanda Brown, the author of the book that served as the literary basis for this adaptation, studied at Stanford University and wrote letters home complaining that the other students simply would not accept her as one of their own. She later reworked these letters into a novel manuscript and sent it to an agent, who later remarked that it was the only manuscript written on pink paper he had ever received (pink paper is mentioned in the film—the main character sends out her resumes printed on scented pink paper).
- Chloë Sevigny turned down the role of Vivian Kensington and a fee of $500,000.
- Throughout the movie, Reese Witherspoon's character wears 40 different hairstyles.
- Actress Tori Spelling was the first to be offered the role of Elle Woods, but she declined. Later, Charlize Theron, Gwyneth Paltrow, Alicia Silverstone, Katherine Heigl, Christina Applegate, Milla Jovovich, and Jennifer Love Hewitt were also considered for the role.
- The character Elle Woods was named after Elle magazine, which the author of the original novel, Amanda Brown, loved to read while studying at Stanford Law School.
- The original script did not include either the confrontation with Matthew Davis's character near the courthouse, nor the graduation scene in the finale. After preview screenings, audiences left disappointed that the main character did not get revenge on Davis's character and demanded to know how it all ended (whether the main character became a lawyer). Both of these scenes had to be reshot in the UK because both Witherspoon and Davis were busy filming there (she was filming Oliver Parker's 2002 comedy "The Importance of Being Earnest," and he was filming another project). Only Witherspoon and Davis were present on set during the graduation scene. Footage of Jennifer Coolidge, Selma Blair, Luke Wilson, and other supporting actors was shot in Los Angeles and later edited together. Witherspoon and Wilson wore wigs. She got a new hairstyle after filming, and he shaved his head for filming Wes Anderson's 2001 comedy "The Royal Tenenbaums."
- Throughout the film, Reese Witherspoon's character wears 40 different hairstyles.
- The film is based on Amanda Brown's novel "Legally Blonde" (2001).
- Many of the dialogues in the film were initially more cutting and contained ambiguous jokes, almost earning the film an R rating from the American Film Association. To achieve a PG-13 rating, the filmmakers had to cut many dialogues. As a result, the character of Elle's mother, played by Tain McClure, practically disappeared from the narrative.
- The original script included neither the clash with Matthew Davis's character near the courthouse nor the graduation scene at the end. After preview screenings, viewers left disappointed that the protagonist never got revenge on Davis's character and demanded to know how it all ended (whether she became a lawyer). Both scenes had to be reshot in the UK because both Witherspoon and Davis were filming there (she was filming Oliver Parker's 2002 comedy 'The Importance of Being Earnest,' and he was working on another project). Only Witherspoon and Davis were present on set for the graduation scene. Footage of Jennifer Coolidge, Selma Blair, Luke Wilson, and other supporting actors was filmed in Los Angeles and later edited together. Witherspoon and Wilson wore wigs; she had changed her hairstyle after filming, and he had shaved his head for the comedy 'The Royal Tenenbaums' (Wes Anderson, 2001).
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