The cast of the \u201cLegally Blonde\u201d prequel, \u201cElle,\u201d had a special bonding activity during filming.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hung out in [\u2018Elle\u2019 lead actress Lexi Minetree\u2019s] room and watched \u2018Legally Blonde,\u2019\u201d Danielle Chand exclusively told Page Six.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was funny watching the movie with Lexi because she knew all of the words,\u201d she added of the 2001 classic. \u201cI think she\u2019s watched the movie something like 150 times. We were just immersed, and loving it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Danielle Chand at the Page Six studio on June 24. Paige Kahn\/Page Six<\/p>\n
Chand (pictured with \u201cElle\u201d co-stars Lexi Minetree and Chandler Kinney) said the cast watched \u201cLegally Blonde\u201d together. leximinetree\/Instagram<\/p>\n
Now streaming on Prime Video, \u201cElle\u201d was executive produced by Reese Witherspoon.<\/p>\n
The show follows Witherspoon\u2019s iconic \u201cLegally Blonde\u201d character, Elle Woods<\/a>, during her high school years in the mid-\u201890s, as her family is forced to move\u00a0from Los Angeles to Seattle.<\/p>\n Minetree stars as\u00a0the teen version of Elle.<\/p>\n Chand plays Shannon, a popular girl at Elle\u2019s new school.\u00a0Although Elle is the ultimate confident sorority girl in \u201cLegally Blonde,\u201d in \u201cElle,\u201d the title character thinks Shannon is the coolest, and is desperate to befriend her.<\/p>\n While the other students scoff at Elle, Shannon is the only one who is nice to her.<\/p>\n Chand (pictured for \u201cElle\u201d) plays Shannon, a popular girl Elle wants to befriend at her new high school. Prime<\/p>\n \u201cElle\u201d follows Elle Woods (Minetree, pictured in pink) during her high school years as she moves from Los Angeles to Seattle. Jessica Brooks\/Prime<\/p>\n \u201cMe and Shannon have a lot in common in terms of just being very welcoming and being very cheery,\u201d said Chand.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBeing new anywhere is scary and I always want to be a nice, welcoming face for anyone,\u201d she explained. \u201cSo when I saw that that was how Elle and Shannon met, I was like, \u2018perfect!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n The show is Chand\u2019s first major role.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cElle\u201d is Chand\u2019s first major role (pictured left with Kinney, Minetree, and Gabrielle Policano at the \u201cElle\u201d premiere on June 23). Getty Images for Prime Video<\/p>\n Chand (pictured at the \u201cElle\u201d premiere on June 23) said she cried after landing the role. Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Prime Video<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The Canadian actress told Page Six she was in acting class when she got the call she\u2019d landed the role.<\/p>\n \u201cI ran outside because I wanted to take the call alone, because I didn\u2019t know what was going to be on the other end of that phone call,\u201d she recounted. \u201cAnd then as soon as [my agent] told me that I booked it, I ran back inside with my class, and we did one big group hug, and I just was bawling my eyes out.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s also a posthumous role for James Van Der Beek<\/a>, as the \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d alum filmed it before his death at 48 from cancer <\/a>in February.\u00a0<\/p>\n Chand (pictured again at the Page Six studio) said late cast mate James Van Der Beek\u2019s legacy will live on. Paige Kahn\/Page Six<\/p>\n \u201cElle\u201d staring Minetree (pictured with Chand in an April 2025 Instagram post) has already been renewed for a Season 2. \u201cI didn\u2019t get to meet James Vander Beek,\u201d Chand said. \u201cBut I\u2019m really glad that he was able to be a part of the show and that his legacy will live on.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cAnd everyone who did talk to him and got to meet him, they told me that he was just a delight to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n The show has already been renewed for a Season 2, but Season 1 leaves Shannon\u2019s future uncertain.<\/p>\n When asked whether she\u2019ll be in Season 2, Chand told Page Six, \u201cYou\u2019ll have to wait and find out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cast of the \u201cLegally Blonde\u201d prequel, \u201cElle,\u201d had a special bonding activity during filming. \u201cWe hung out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[1508,91,88,186,206,10574,92],"class_list":["post-740456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-actors","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-movies","tag-reese-witherspoon","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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