Legally Blonde’s Screenwriter Just Shut Down the Lesbian Ending Rumors in Epic Fashion
Legally Blonde’s 20th anniversary (it was released in theaters July 13, 2001), The New York Times released an oral history of the film featuring interviews with several of the people responsible for bringing it to the screen, including its writers, casting director, and actors. Jessica Cauffiel, who played Margot, one of Elle Woods’s friends, dropped one bit of allegedly lost history about the original ending of the film: it having a decidedly more sapphic conclusion. “The first ending was Elle and Vivian in Hawaii in beach chairs, drinking margaritas and holding hands.
