According to some fans ofLegally Blonde,Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde,Legally BlondesandLegally Blonde: The Musical, whoever said Elle Woods needs a superhero origin story is seriously disturbed.
Legally Blondeis one of those movies that, despite its undeniable quality and success, nobody ever could have predicted that it would quickly become a massive, decades-long multimedia franchise upon its release in 2001. After all, Elle Woods' entire character arc wraps up in a perfect pink bow in 96 minutes:
Our heroine starts the story as a happy, perky sorority president whose future plans entirely revolve around a man who promptly dumps her, which motivates Elle to leave her comfort zone and reach educational, intellectual and career heights that her ex never expected of her – what, like it's hard?
It's a complete story with a satisfying beginning, middle and end. We see Elle transform from a girl with promise who limits herself by shaping her self-worth around a man into a woman who has fully realized her high potential. Nevertheless, theAmazon Prime Video prequel seriesElleis slated to premiere on July 1st, 2026, and, with the streamer already giving the show a greenlight for Season 2, many fans are saying, "I object!"
As we discussedwhen Amazon first announced thatLegally Blondewas getting a prequel series back in 2024, the very idea of making a series about Elle Woods before the events of the film undermines the entire premise of the character. Before Warner Huntington III told Elle that she's not "serious" enough for him to continue seeing when he pursues a law degree at Harvard University, Elle lived a pampered, privileged life that never challenged her enough to reach her full potential. Like pretty much every hero in the history of fiction, everything interesting happened to Elleaftershe left her comfort zone, or, as some would say, crossed the threshold.
If the prequel series "follows Elle Woods (Lexi Minetree) in high school as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the firstLegally Blondefilm," as the logline suggests, what possible "life experiences" could a teenaged Elle have that would turn her into a college girl whose only ambition in life is getting married to a guy who couldn't even graduate from law school with honors?
And, most importantly, why would we want to watch that?
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