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
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.”
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.
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.