Where Is Legally Blonde Filmed

The outline of Legally Blonde grew out of Brown`s experiences as a blonde who went to Stanford Law School while obsessed with fashion and beauty, reading Elle magazine and frequently colliding with the personalities of her peers. In 2000, Brown met producer Marc Platt, who helped her develop her manuscript into a novel. Platt hired screenwriters McCullah Lutz and Smith to adapt the book into a film. The project caught the attention of director Luketic, an Australian newcomer who came to Hollywood after the success of his first offbeat short film Titsiana Booberini. “I had been reading scripts for two years and couldn`t find anything to put my own personal imprint until Legally Blonde came along,” Luketic said. Legal Blonde was released in North America on July 13, 2001. Its revenue of $20 million[3] made it a success for the struggling MGM studio, bringing in $96.5 million in North America and $45.2 million elsewhere, for a worldwide total of $141.7 million. [3] The film was released in the UK on October 26, 2001 and debuted at #2, behind American Pie 2. [33] In addition to Harvard University, the main setting of Legally Blonde, which contains most of the narrative, is the courthouse where a murder trial takes place, in which She is supposed to participate as an intern. While the courthouse exterior and footage were taken from the Orange County law office, the interior was a Sylmar built set.

The iconic court scene where She manages to win the case was actually filmed on set! The prison where She visits Brooke for an alibis was filmed at the Sybil Brand Institute for Women, California. The romantic restaurant where Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis) lets Elle know it`s over is Il Cielo, 9018 Burton Way, which is really in Beverly Hills. It opened in 1986 and claims to be the most romantic restaurant in Los Angeles, and certainly looks good. However, the fairytale exterior seen in the film was recreated on the campus of UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) on the Westside of Los Angeles. The salon where Elle befriends nervous beautician Paulette was filmed at Neptune`s Beauty Nook in Monrovia, California, where they perform the iconic “Bend and Snap” and offer each other help. Amanda Brown published Legally Blonde in 2001 and was based on her real-life experiences as a blonde who attended Stanford Law School while she was obsessed with fashion and beauty, reading Elle magazine and frequently colliding with the personalities of her peers. [6] The now iconic cult classic was partly filmed in Los Angeles, California. The city`s varied terrain features majestic mountains, deserts, and other scenic natural spots perfect for photography. Los Angeles has several top-tier movie studios and is home to Hollywood. The campus scenes of “Legally Blonde” were filmed at the University of California (UCLA). The exterior photos with Reese Witherspoon were taken near the Bovard Administration Building and Kerckhoff Hall of the university. This was filmed on the lawn in front of Kerckhoff Hall at UCLA.

The building houses the student government, the student newspaper, a café and various student organizations. On the surface, blonde Beverly Hills-Elle Woods proves she can get away with blue blood in law school after being abandoned by her arrogant boyfriend. While most of Legally Blonde takes place at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it was filmed primarily in Los Angeles, California. They went to Harvard University to shoot some shots outside the university, but the inside of the school was filmed at Rose City High School in Pasadena. Harvard University allowed the use of his name, but refused to film the interior of the school. Witherspoon wore 40 different hairstyles in the film. [22] “Oh my God, it became known as `The hair that ate Hollywood,`” Luketic said. It was all about hair. I have this obsession with flyaways. It annoyed Reese a bit because I always had hairdressers on my face. But most of the time, the research and testing on set went in the right color, because `blonde` is open to interpretation, I thought. The writers wrote a new ending that takes place at graduation, which was filmed at Dulwich College in London, England, while Witherspoon was in that city for the filming of The Importance of Being Earnest.[12] Witherspoon also cut his hair for this film and Wilson shaved his head for The Royal Tenenbaums.