Jennifer Coolidge, Reese Witherspoon.Photo: Tracy Bennett/Mgm/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Reese Witherspoonis just as excited aboutJennifer Coolidgegetting her accolades as any other fan — and now she’s teasing that thethirdLegally Blondemoviewouldn’t be possible without her involvement.
In a new interview withEntertainment Tonight, Witherspoon, 46, made her message clear: “There is noLegally Blonde 3without Jennifer Coolidge.”
“I’m beyond myself about Jennifer Coolidge,” Witherspoon said during the premiere of her new filmYour Place or Mine. “She deserves every one of those flowers she is receiving right now.”
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“And she’s just one of those people who is so naturally gifted and funny and that you can just tell people love her. She gets up there and everybody’s like, ‘I love her,’ but she’s just done a lot of good work in our business for so long, that it’s really nice to see her getting this incredible moment,” she continued.
Coolidge’s involvement in the long-awaited thirdLegally Blondefilm has been teased for a few years now. The film was first confirmed back in 2018, andMindy Kalinglaterconfirmedshe was co-writing the feature in 2020 alongside Dan Goor.
Coolidge, 61, previously said at the 2021 Emmys thatshe would askKaling “what’s happening with theLegally Blondescript” if she ran into her, and even joked at another event that she was worried about being “replaced” in the sequel.
Shortly after, she said in a joint interview with Witherspoon forBackstagethat she was “dying to know” more about the third film. “Reese is the keeper of the keys. … I know so little of what’s happening with that, so I can’t wait to hear what Reese has to say today.”
During the conversation, Witherspoon gestured to her costar and said the movie will include “a lot of me and this lady.”
Jennifer Coolidge at the Critics Choice Awards.
Witherspoon first played Harvard Law student Elle Woods in 2001’sLegally Blonde, which was followed up withLegally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blondein 2003.
Other costars have announced that they’d be down to reprise their roles, even outside of Coolidge, who played Paulette in both films. When asked in 2021 ifhe’d want toreprise his role as Emmett Richmond in the next installment,Luke Wilsontold PEOPLE, “Yeah. I’m always up to work with Reese again.”
“We’ll just have to see what happens,” he continued.
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Selma Blairalso noted on theShut Up Evanpodcastlast year that she hopes “to at least make a cameo” in the movie asVivian Kensington.
“I’m hoping, hoping that that legacy can continue, because talk about the good things in life,” Blair said. “That movie is one of the good things in life. It’s a highlight. I really feel like, ‘Yeah, my obit’s gonna look okay.’ "
source: people.com
