A new interview from The New York Times has shed some fascinating light on an alleged movie ending that could have had the potential to change the tone of the film, Legally Blonde.
The Times interview featured conversation excerpts from both its screenwriters and key cast members, including Jessica Cauffiel who plays one of Elle’s best friends, Margot, Alanna Ubach who plays Elle’s other best friend, Serena as well as screenwriters Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith.
However The Times interview has seemed to spark a bit of confusion amongst its stakeholders.
In the interview, Cauffiel stated, “The first ending was Elle and Vivian in Hawaii in beach chairs, drinking margaritas and holding hands. The insinuation was either they were best friends or they had gotten together romantically.”
Ubach also recalled this, however the film’s screenwriters stated that they never wrote this alleged ending.
As reported by Entertainment Weekly, they followed up on the story to determine whether or not this so-called ending was ever actually a thing.
Their findings? They spoke to Ubach who confirmed that she never actually meant that she was confirming that the ‘Hawaii ending’ did exist she was just, she was essentially just taking Cauffiel’s word for it considering she was cast a lot earlier on.
Ubach said, “I was cast later on in the game, and so the ending of Legally Blonde that I read ended up on screen. When the journalist asked me about the Hawaiian ending, I assumed Jessica Cauffiel was correct because she was cast earlier on.”
Cauffiel also recalled, “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. I’ve been waiting for somebody to leak that for 20 years.”
Thank god we have the ending we have today. Otherwise we may never been gifted Elle Woods’ iconic Harvard graduation speech.
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