The graduation scene was actually shot in London… and 14 other things you never knew about Legally Blonde
This week is the 15th anniversary of Legally Blonde so the celebrate the moment here are some facts about the film
LEGALLY Blonde is officially 15 years old this week, so to mark this momentous moment, we've revealed 15 facts about the film that you may not have known.
The cult film, which starred a 25-year-old Reese Witherspoon as sorority girl Elle Woods, was released a decade and a half ago but how much about it do you know?
These 15 fabulous facts will make you want to watch the whole film all over again.
1. The author of the book actually went to Stanford Law School
2. The book was based on letters sent to home
While at Stanford Law, first-year student Amanda found herself on the outskirts of all the social groups and wrote her experiences in letters to home.
These developed into a manuscript for a novel and it was picked out of a publishing pile because it was written on pink paper.
3. Reese Witherspoon wasn't the first choice to play Elle Woods
Initially Tori Spelling considered as an option for the role but both she and Christina Applegate turned it down.
Speaking of her regret Christina told "The script came along my way and it was right after I had just finished, Married [...with Children], and it was a blonde who in that first script didn't win it but ends up going to Yale, or Harvard, I don't remember, I got scared of kind of repeating myself."
4. And Selma Blair almost didn't play Vivian Kensington
Before Selma, Chloë Sevigny was asked to play the role of Vivian but she turned it down as she was starring in a Broadway musical.
Since then she told : "I thought [the play] would be more challenging. I guess I didn’t realize the full potential of Legally Blonde at the time, but now I love those films — they’re hilarious.”
5. Matthew Davis, who played Warner Huntington III, had a crush on Reese Witherspoon
The actor who played Warner admitted he had a huge crush on Reese and had done since he was 15.
He told : "Ever since I was 15 and watched 'A Far Off Place,' I had the hugest crush on Reese, so at first I was such a bumbling idiot with her, the producers pulled me aside one day to see if I was OK."
6. Bruiser wasn't his real name
Elle's adorable little chihuahua wasn't actually called Bruiser, his real name was Moonie and the pair really bonded on set.
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7. Reese changed her hair 40 times
Throughout the 1 hour 37 minute long film, Reese had her hair styled 40 different ways, which works out as almost a new do' per scene.
8. Reese got to keep all the clothes
As part of her contract Reese was allowed to hold onto every piece of clothing she wore in the film and it's a good job orange wasn't the new pink.
9. To get into the role, Reese spent time in a sorority house
Before filming, Reese spent two weeks with the sorority sisters at the University of Southern California because she didn't want to portray them as stereotypical airheads.
10. And Reese also attended classes at Loyola Law
In order to prepare properly for the film Reese also went to law classes to help her get into character and she watched women shop in Beverley Hills.
11. Stanford didn't let producers use their name... so they chose Harvard
Despite Amanda's book being based on Stanford Law, the university didn't give permission to use its name so filmmakers approached Harvard.
Harvard allowed them to use their name but they weren't allowed to film on campus so the law school scenes were shot at colleges in LA.
12. Elle's name came from the magazine
Amanda named her main character Elle because she used to read the magazine during her time at Stanford Law.
13. Elle is actually a genius
At the start of the film Elle is made to take an LSAT to get into Harvard Law School and she scores 179 on her test.
This would've put her in the 0.1 per cent of the country, pretty much making her a genius.
14. The graduation scene was filmed in London
The scene at the end of the film in which Reese gives a speech to her year was actually partially shot at Dulwich College in London because she had already started working on another film in England.
15. And the famous moment didn't actually exist until after a test audience watched it
Initially, the film ended after Elle won the court case and then cut to her and Vivian forming a “Blonde Legal Defense Club.
But a test audience told producers they wanted to know more about what happened to Elle's life so they added the graduation scene and update set two years later.