Luke Wilson Reprises 'Legally Blonde' Role as Emmett Richmond for Halloween on 'Today'!
Luke Wilson is getting back into his Legally Blonde role!
The 53-year-old actor made a surprise appearance on the Halloween episode of the Today show on Thursday (October 31), where he reprised his role of Emmett Richmond from the beloved movies, with host Savannah Guthrie dressed as Elle Woods.
The two also recreated the famous scene where Emmett first meets Elle (played by Reese Witherspoon), with Savannah wearing the signature pink courtroom ensemble, complete with a stuffed Bruiser the dog.
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“You have Stromwell, huh?” he asked, going on: “She did make me cry once. I mean, not in class — I waited till I got back to my room. But yeah, she’ll kick you right in the —”
“Oh, do you want some nuts?” Savannah joked, pulling out a bag of peanuts.
After recreating more iconic lines, including Elle’s pink scented résumé (“I think it just adds a little something extra, don’t you?”), Savannah did the “bend and snap” move!
“Works every time,” she said, before the two pretended to leave and grab a coffee together.
Later on in the episode, he admitted he was “nervous” to reprise his role on the show and joked that it was “the closest I’ve gotten to doing Broadway.” He also said the memorable lines “did not come back” to him as easily as one might expect.
As for Legally Blonde 3 and whether there’s a chance he’d return, he said: “Well, I hope there is. It would be really fun to do.”
“You just never know. But I bet at some point down the line, while Reese and I can still do it,” he continued, adding of the Halloween recreation, “And this has to be very inspiring to Reese!”
Find out what the current status is for Legally Blonde 3.
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