Reese Witherspoon Casts Lookalike Lexi Minetree as the New Elle Woods. See Her Respond with the PerfectLegally BlondeLine!

Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde; Lexi Minetree, who has been named as the new Elle Woods in the Legally Blonde prequel series.Photo:Tracy Bennett/MGM; Lexi Minetree/Instagram Tracy Bennett/MGM; Lexi Minetree/Instagram What, like it’s hard?Reese Witherspoonhas just named the next Elle Woods and did it in a way that had actressLexi Minetreethinking she just hallucinated.Sharing the clip on Instagram on Thursday, Feb. 13, Witherspoon, who originated the role of the headstrong Harvard Law Student in the 2001 filmLegally Blonde, greeted Minetree, 24, who was appropriately clad in a bright pink blouse and pink heels for the moment.

Reese Witherspoon Explains Why Her 3 Kids 'Actively Avoid' Watching Her Movies

Reese Witherspoon.Photo:Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty Reese Witherspoonmay have had a storied career, but her kids aren’t that impressed.The actress, 48, spoke withE! Newsahead of the release of her new movie,You’re Cordially Invited, and shared that her three kids – daughter Ava, 25, and son Deacon, 21, whom she shares with exRyan Phillippe, as well as 12-year-old son Tennessee, whom she shares with exJim Toth— aren’t all that interested in watching her films.

Reese Witherspoon Gives Update onLegally BlondeSeries, Says Casting Young Elle Woods Is 'Kind of a Trip' (Exclusive)

Reese Witherspoon’sLegally Blondeseries,Elle, is beginning to come together. “I’m really excited. We start in March,” Witherspoon, 48, tells PEOPLE of the prequel series, which follows future lawyer Elle Woods — the hero of the 2001 hit comedy and its 2003 sequel — and as she navigates high school. “I’m really excited because we’re going through thecasting processright now and we’re picking who is going to play the young me,” says Witherspoon.

Reese Witherspoon Reveals Jenna Ortega'sWednesdayInspired theLegally BlondePrequel Series

(L-R) Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde; Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in Wednesday.Photo:Tracy Bennett/MGM; Courtesy of Netflix Tracy Bennett/MGM; Courtesy of Netflix Reese Witherspoonfound inspiration for the newLegally Blondeseries in the most unlikely of places. “It was kind of this idea … I saw thatWednesday Addams show, you know, and I was like, ‘Oh!'” Witherspoon told hostJimmy Fallonofthe Netflix series starring Jenna Ortega. “She was in high school.

Reese Witherspoon Sets Record Straight After Internet Claims She and Kate Winslet Had a 'Falling Out'

Reese Witherspoonis setting the record straight on speculation about her friendship withKate Winslet.In a recent interview with PEOPLE alongside herYou’re Cordially InvitedcostarWill Ferrell, Witherspoon, 48, brought up a time she presented an award to a fellow actress (whom she did not name) and said thespeech was so embarrassing that “we’re not friends anymore.““Not even kidding,” Witherspoon said with a laugh in the interview, “she doesn’t talk to me anymore!“After internet sleuths investigated, the generalconsensus online became that Witherspoon was referring to Winslet, digging up a speech Witherspoon gave at the BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards in 2007.