Reese Witherspoon - Elle Woods #4: "You must always have faith in people, and most importantly, you must always have faith in yourself."

keep the starlight · 01-04-2011, 10:50 PM

Welcome to the 4th Elle Woods [Legally Blonde 1& 2] Appreciation Thread

Title Legally Blonde
Release Date July 13, 2001
Director Robert Luketic
Screenwriter Amanda Brown (novel), Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith
Co-starring Luke Wilson, Matthew Davis, Jennifer Coolidge
Genre Comedy

In her final year of high school, Elle Woods, the beautiful and likeable blonde and Sorority Chairlady, who seems to have it all, is dumped by her cute fraternity on campus boyfriend, and hopeful fiancé, Warner Huntington III, for being too blonde. Not about to loose the love of her life, Elle embarks on the challenge of her life to win him back by following him to Harward law school. Leaving her best friends and the shopping mall behind, Elle with her beloved side-kick, Bruiser the Chihuahua by her side, takes on law school much to the amusement of fellow students and teachers and lands herself in many hilarious situations. In her quest to win Warner back, Elle befriends the charming Emmett who takes a fond liking of Elle. Elle soon learns that she is on a life changing journey, one that she will fondly remember for the rest of her life.

Reese rocketed to fame in Legally Blonde and soon became America’s Sweetheart. This was Reese’s first film after the birth of her daughter, Ava Elizabeth and would have her baby daughter with her on-set for most of the filming. After first reading the script, Reese was hesitant to take the role but later changed her mind saying, “there were a couple of people in my life who were like, 'You're really going to do that movie? It's just so fluffy and not you.' And I was like, 'No, I think it's really a great message for young women'. You can be frivolous and love clothes and be girly, but still have dreams and want to succeed and get the job done." The rest as they say, is history.

• Quotables
• “Uh. I'm sorry. I just hallucinated”.
• “Except when I dress up as a frigid bitch, I try not to look so constipated.”
• “I feel comfortable using legal jargon in everyday life.”
• “I just don't think that Brooke could've done this. Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don't kill their husbands, they just don't.”
• “The rules of hair care are simple and finite. Any Cosmo girl would have known.”

• Facts
• Reese's character wears 40 different hairstyles throughout the film.
• As agreed in her contract, Reese kept all of her costumes after filming.
• To prepare for her role as Elle, Reese Witherspoon spent two weeks studying the behavior of sorority girls, as she did not wish to portray a stereotypical airhead sorority image. She states on the DVD commentary that they were all very kind and polite, and she enjoyed her time with them. She also observed women shopping from the cafe at Neiman Marcus, and attended law school for a day.
• The closing scene of the graduation was filmed at the Great Hall of Dulwich College in London. This was because Reese Witherspoon was in England filming The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) and that scene needed to be re-shot with the English public school standing in for Harvard law school.
• Reese says that Gordie Hawn's earlier roles were an inspiration for the film.
• Legally Blonde was nominated for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 2001 Golden Globes.
• Reese received a nomination for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy at the 2001 Golden Globes.

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Avis By Linds

S u p p o r t e r s
1. loganandroryforever
2. keep the starlight
3. ‘ChelsღChina
4. GlitterCupcake
5. loppabelle
6. Brucas4life
7. stormy eyes
8. Kelly_Dylan

‘ChelsღChina · 01-04-2011, 10:55 PM

Thanks for the new thread

Great title

keep the starlight · 01-04-2011, 11:04 PM

I figured I should go with that one considering our conversation. Although, I was tempted to use:

"Except when I dress up as a frigid bitch, I try not to look so constipated."

Sickest burn ever.

‘ChelsღChina · 01-04-2011, 11:06 PM

I don't mind saving that for thread 5; I love that line!

keep the starlight · 01-04-2011, 11:09 PM

Hee! Awesome, remind me when it's time. My memory is shot.

GlitterCupcake · 01-05-2011, 02:37 AM

i love the title!

keep the starlight · 01-05-2011, 09:13 AM

Right? So much love for that line.

loppabelle · 01-05-2011, 01:15 PM

New thread finally!

Thansk Linds.

GlitterCupcake · 01-05-2011, 02:24 PM

such a classic movie! its nice to see how far shes come now.

loppabelle · 01-10-2011, 11:06 AM

I watched a little of LB yesterday. I don't why but some of the court stuff was cracking me. You would've thought I've never seen it.I think it was so funny because of the way she was breaking the witnesses. Giving Emmett the tip to show the one witness was gay and then outing the daughter on a perm, lol.

Brucas4life · 01-11-2011, 01:32 PM

Thanks for the new thread

Love the title!

keep the starlight · 01-11-2011, 10:48 PM

Not a problem!

loppabelle · 01-12-2011, 10:56 AM

Aww. Elle+Bruiser=OTP

Brucas4life · 01-12-2011, 01:49 PM

Too cute for words!

keep the starlight · 01-12-2011, 02:57 PM

Total OTP, yes!


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