The writers wrote a new ending, which took place during the graduation ceremony filmed at Dulwich College in London, England, while Witherspoon was in that city filming The Importance of Being Earnest. Witherspoon also cut his hair for this film and Wilson shaved his head for The Royal Tenenbaums. As both actors had changed their hair for their next films, everyone had to wear wigs for the stage. [32] In tribute to the momentous day, stars Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair shared a series of photos on Instagram that Witherspoon described as „rare behind-the-scenes photos.“ The photos show the two actors of their time as legendary glamorous lawyer Elle Woods and Vivian Kensington, the BFF of „frigid bitch“, Elle. Witherspoon`s gallery showed photos of her as the film`s protagonist, Harvard sister and law student Elle Woods. It also included rare behind-the-scenes footage of Witherspoon and his co-stars Selma Blair, Luke Wilson, Jennifer Coolidge, Ali Larter and Victor Garber. Witherspoon wore 40 different hairstyles in the film. [22] „Oh my God, it became known as `The hair that ate Hollywood,`“ Luketic said. It was all about hair.
I have this obsession with flyaways. It annoyed Reese a bit because I always had hairdressers on my face. But most of the time, the research and testing on set went in the right color, because `blonde` is open to interpretation, I thought. Although the film is primarily set at Harvard University, campus scenes were shot at USC,[24] the University of California, Los Angeles,[25] the California Institute of Technology, and Rose City High School in Pasadena, California.[12] [26] Production initially lasted from October to December 2000. [27] [28] The film first ended at the courthouse, just after Woods won the case, with Elle on the steps of the courthouse sharing a kiss of victory with Emmett, then cutting a year into the future to see her and a now-blonde Vivian form their own blonde legal defense club at law school. After the test audience revealed that they didn`t like the ending, McCullah Lutz and Smith consulted Luketic, Platt and other members of the production team while they were still in the lobby of the theater, and they agreed that a new conclusion was needed. „It was just a weak ending,“ said screenwriter McCullah Lutz. „The kiss didn`t feel right to me because it`s not a romantic comedy – it wasn`t about their relationship. So the test viewers said, „We want to see what happens – we want her to succeed.“ That`s why we rewrote for graduation.
Ubach and Jessica Cauffiel claim that the original ending also included Elle and Vivian drinking margaritas in Hawaii, implying that they were either best friends now or in love, although Smith and McCullah never wrote such an ending.[31] Other suggested endings for the film included a musical number in which She, the judge, the jury and everyone in the courthouse sang and danced. [13] The outline of Legally Blonde emerged from Brown`s experiences as a blonde who went to Stanford Law School while obsessed with fashion and beauty, reading Elle magazine and frequently colliding with the personalities of her peers. In 2000, Brown met producer Marc Platt, who helped her develop her manuscript into a novel. Platt hired screenwriters McCullah Lutz and Smith to adapt the book into a film. The project caught the attention of director Luketic, an Australian newcomer who came to Hollywood after the success of his first offbeat short film Titsiana Booberini. „I had been reading scripts for two years and couldn`t find anything to put my own personal imprint until Legally Blonde came along,“ Luketic said. Producer Marc Platt was fascinated by the character of Elle Woods when he received a manuscript of an unpublished novel. [8] „What I liked about this story is that it`s hilarious, sexy and challenging at the same time,“ says Platt. „The world looks at Her and sees someone who is blond and handsome, but no more. She, on the other hand, does not judge herself or anyone else.
She thinks the world is great, she`s great, everyone is great, and nothing can change that. She truly is an irrepressible modern heroine. Amanda Brown published Legally Blonde in 2001, based on her real-life experiences as a blonde who attended Stanford Law School while obsessed with fashion and beauty, read Elle magazine, and frequently clashed with the personalities of her peers.[8] [6] The „bend and snap“ scene, in which Elle Paulette explains how she attracts the attention of her crush, almost did not appear in the film. [29] „[Producer] Marc Platt wanted a B-plot for Paulette (Jennifer Coolidge),“ McCullah Lutz told Entertainment Weekly. „At first, we thought, `Should we rob the store?` Co-writer Kirsten Smith said: „I think we spent a week or two figuring out what the B-plot and this big setting should be. There were criminal conspiracies. We pitched scene by scene and everything seemed very weird in terms of sound. [29] The cast and crew also did a lot of research, with McCullah and Smith attending Stanford Law School for a week during the orientation period; A scene of a group of new students going around in circles was inspired by law students listening to the screenwriters during their visit. They also sat for the criminal and constitutional law categories; McCullah was particularly bored during the sophomore, although she found the first one interesting, but it inspired her to write a few scenes during that course. [13] The final product came after „about 10 drafts of the script. I worked with the writers (Kirsten Smith, Karen McCullah Lutz, who worked on Amanda Brown`s novel) who stayed after filming began,“ Luketic explained. „And we had to rethink and rewrite, often in the middle of the night.“ An untapped idea for the finished film included an appearance by Judge Judy during Elle`s Harvard video essay in which Elle and her friends were chasing the show`s host.[10] Alanna Ubach instead suggested casting Witherspoon`s husband, Ryan Phillippe, for the role, which was rewritten as a male character, but Witherspoon didn`t think the idea would work. [13] Legally Blonde is a 2001 American drama film directed by Robert Luketic.
It stars Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber and Jennifer Coolidge. The story follows Elle Woods (Witherspoon), a sister who tries to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Davis) by earning a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School, overcoming stereotypes against blondes, and triumphing as a successful lawyer. His film work includes James Cameron`s Titanic (1997), in which he used a Mid-Ulster accent to play shipbuilder Thomas Andrews. Other film appearances include Godspell (1973) as Jesus (a role he originally played in the 1972 Canadian theatre production), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Annie (1999), Legally Blonde (2001) and Tuck Everlasting (2002). In 2009, he played the role of DC Comics supervillain Sinestro in the animated film Green Lantern: First Flight. That same year, Garber played a Klingon interrogator in J. J. Abrams` Star Trek; However, his scenes were removed from the finished film. „. It was a number completely choreographed by Toni Basil, and it was great,“ Witherspoon recalls.
„She did all the dancing.“ [30] „I remember reading it and thinking it was the most hysterical thing ever,“ she added. „It`s still the most frequently requested request from people. Even last year, when I was giving speeches or talking about anything, they always asked me, „Are you going to bend over and crack?“ I feel like I`m going to turn the corner and crack until I`m 95. While filming the courthouse scenes, Welch asked cinematographer Anthony B.
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