‘Elle’ Teaser Teases the ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Series & Introduces Lexi Minetree as Young Elle Woods!! Check It Out!!

Some characters are so fully formed by the time audiences meet them that it’s almost weird to imagine them before the glow-up. But everyone has an origin story, even the people who seem like they emerged from a cloud of pink stationery, legal pads, and perfect confidence. Before Harvard, before the courtroom, before the bend and snap became legally important cultural history, there was apparently high school. And now, Prime Video is getting ready to show us exactly how one of comedy’s most beloved heroines became herself.

Set in 1995, Elle follows Elle Woods before she became the fish-out-of-water Harvard Law student fans first met in Legally Blonde. This time, she’s navigating the much more horrifying world of high school, which comes with tricky friendships, forbidden romance, questionable fashion choices, and the kind of teenage chaos that can either destroy you or build your entire personality. For Elle, naturally, it seems to be doing a bit of both.

The official description says Season 1 introduces Elle “as a fish in the tumultuous waters of high school,” where she leans on her family and grows especially close to her mother, Eva. Through each challenge, the series will show Elle moving closer to the optimistic, brilliant, underestimated force audiences already know and love. Basically, the Harvard version didn’t just happen overnight. There were probably several questionable outfits and at least one emotionally significant hallway moment first.

Who Stars in ‘Elle’?

The cast includes Lexi Minetree (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Paramedic Who Stalked Me) as Elle Woods, June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie, Long Shot) as Elle’s mother Eva, and Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do!, La La Land) as Elle’s father Wyatt. The Season 1 cast also includes Jacob Moskovitz (The Rookie, Chicago Med), Gabrielle Policano (Elle), Chandler Kinney (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Zombies 2), Zac Looker (Elle), and Amy Pietz (Caroline in the City, The Office). Recurring cast members include Jessica Belkin (American Horror Story, Pretty Little Liars), Danielle Chand (Elle), Matt Oberg (Veep, The Real O’Neals), Chloe Wepper (Manhattan Love Story, Office Christmas Party), Logan Shroyer (This Is Us, The Thundermans), Sharon Taylor (Big Sky, Altered Carbon), David Burtka (A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, How I Met Your Mother), Brad Harder (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, The Christmas House), Kayla Maisonet (Stuck in the Middle, Dog with a Blog), Lisa Yamada (Cruel Summer, Never Have I Ever), and James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek, Varsity Blues).