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