With Legally Blonde 3 reportedly in the works, a new television installment to the iconic franchise will soon be hitting our screens, too. Teaming up with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine production company, Amazon MGM Studios is working on a new prequel series that will focus on Elle Woods’s high school days.

Elle Woods is bubbly, hyper, intelligent, gorgeous and loves pink. Reese Witherspoon is all those things as well, and it would appear Lexi Minetree, the actress set to play the iconic Legally Blonde character in the prequel series Elle, is too.

Elle Woods is back! Find out everything we know about prequel series ‘Elle,’ including when it might be streaming.

The mom-of-three starred in the sequel to the romcom, “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde,” in 2003. While reflecting on the 20th anniversary of “Legally Blonde,” Witherspoon gushed over how the film change the course of her life.

The "Legally Blonde" prequel has found its Elle Wood in Lexi Minetree. Minetree, who can be seen in "The Murdaugh Murders," has been cast in the role of Elle in the Prime Video series, which is titled,

Lexi Minetree has been cast as the young Elle Woods in Elle, the upcoming Legally Blonde prequel series on Prime Video.

Reese Witherspoon doesn't need backups, because she just cast the perfect actress to play young Elle Woods. This week, the Legally Blonde actress announced Lexi Minetree as the lead in the new prequel series Elle—and the two actresses look so similar it's almost freaky.