There would be no Elle Woods without Gloria Steinem, at least according to Reese Witherspoon.
Following the death of the beloved feminist and activist at the age of 92, Witherspoon took to Instagram to pay tribute to Steinem and share a surprising connection to her movie, Legally Blonde.
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“Gloria Steinem changed how women saw themselves and what was possible…I was one of them,” she wrote. “When I was deciding whether to do Legally Blonde, I watched a documentary where Gloria spoke about the importance of seeing an underestimated woman become the hero of her own story. Her words changed how I saw Elle Woods and helped me say yes.”
View this post on InstagramWitherspoon went on to share that years later she was able to tell Steinem about her impact on her acting career.
“Thank you, Gloria, for your courage, your commitment, and everything you made possible for all women, Witherspoon ended her post. “What a legacy.”
This is not the first time Witherspoon has revealed Steinem’s influence on Legally Blonde. In an interview from 2005, she said it was Steinem talking about Goldie Hawn’s performance in Private Benjamin that got her to accept the role of Elle Woods.
“And then I saw Gloria Steinem talking about Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin on Bravo — it was like a biography,” Witherspoon said at the time. “And she was talking about the impact of that film and how important it was for women to see a woman who was underestimated rise above everything and become the hero of her own life. And it just rung in my ears, and I immediately saw the connection to Legally Blonde.”
Steinem also gets a shout-out in the Legally Blonde musical, where Elle Woods attends the costume party as an undercover Steinem dressed as a Playboy Bunny, referencing her real-life 1963 investigative piece “A Bunny’s Tale.”
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