Jennifer Coolidge is ready to bend and snap her way back into Legally Blonde’s world.
Denny Directo chatted with Coolidge at the screening of The White Lotus on Thursday night, and she hinted what fans might anticipate from the franchise’s third feature.
Legally Blonde 3 will be released in May 2020, with Reese Witherspoon reprising her role as strong pink attorney Elle Woods and Coolidge reprising her part as Paulette, Elle’s manicurist and confidante. Mindy Kaling, who is co-writing the new script with Dan Goor, is also linked to the project.
“I know nothing, I mean I don’t know if they wanted to surprise me or something, ’cause I hear about it a lot,” Coolidge said of the highly anticipated third installment. “I heard that Mindy has this amazing version of our next round, but I haven’t seen it. I don’t have the call yet.”
When asked if she was looking forward to it Coolidge said, “Of course. Of course.”
“Legally Blonde? Why Not? Reese and Mindy!” the Emmy-winner excitedly added.
While Coolidge claims she hasn’t received an official call, Kaling has already written her in, confirming in April that Coolidge will “1,000%” return for the next chapter.
“[She] is just someone who all writers would kill to write for,” Kaling said. “She is so funny. She elevates any material and she is just like… She can just do a glance, it is just hilarious. And so as a writer, it’s the jackpot. Especially in that character, her character, [beautician] Paulette, is so funny and their dynamic is so funny. It’s been really great. She [has] a very juicy story in this one. That’s all I can say, and by the way, Elle has a very juicy story. The two of them, seeing what they look like now after 20 years, is really fun.”
Coolidge, who returned for the HBO Max hit’s second season following her award-winning portrayal as Tanya McQuoid-Hunt, a deluded billionaire, said she’d “absolutely” love to be a part of a possible third season, though she’s not sure what the show’s creator, Mike White, has up his sleeve.
“Yes, of course,” Coolidge gushed. “I mean, I don’t know what Mike has in mind, but yes, I would love to.”