Legally Blonde nearly ended with Elle Woods in a same-sex relationship

Legally Blonde almost ended with a lesbian romance, according to one of the film’s cast members.

Released in 2001 to critical acclaim, the classic rom-com follows sorority girl Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon), who attends Harvard Law School in hope of winning back her slimy ex-boyfriend (Matthew Davis).

There, she discovers he’s engaged to his ex-girlfriend Vivian Kensington (Selma Blair), who becomes Elle’s nemesis. By the end of the film, Elle and Vivian become best friends, although she fails to make an appearance in the film’s 2003 sequel, Red, White & Blonde.

In an oral history of Legally Blonde for The New York Times, Jessica Cauffiel – who played one of Elle’s best friends, Margot – claimed an earlier script implied that Ellie and Vivian became romantically involved.

“The first ending was Elle and Vivian in Hawaii in beach chairs, drinking margaritas and holding hands,” Cauffiel said. “The insinuation was either they were best friends or they had gotten together romantically.”

Although screenwriters Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullach said they didn’t write that ending, Alanna Ubach – who played Elle’s other best friend Serena – said she remembered it too.

“The second or third ending was a musical number on the courtroom steps, and as Elle came out, the judge, jury and everybody in the courtroom broke into song and dance,” added Cauffiel. “I’ve been waiting for somebody to leak that for 20 years.”

There’s still time to make Elle Woods canonically queer, because a second long-awaited sequel has been confirmed to hit our screens next year, with a script penned by Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project) and Dan Goor (Parks and Recreation).

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