Prime Video is adding to the cast of its Legally Blonde prequel Elle.
Tom Everett Scott has joined the series, which will follow Elle Woods (Lexi Minetree) through her high school years. Scott (Prime Video’s The Summer I Turned Pretty) will play Wyatt, Elle’s father, opposite June Diane Raphael as Elle’s mom, Eva.
The Amazon-owned streamer ordered Elle to series in May 2024, with creator Laura Kittrell (Insecure, High School) set as co-showrunner alongside Caroline Dries (The Vampire Diaries, Batwoman). Reese Witherspoon, who starred as Elle in the two Legally Blonde movies, and Lauren Neustadter are executive producing via Hello Sunshine company, along with the films’ producer, Marc Platt. Amazon MGM Studios is the studio.
The logline for the series reads, “Elle follows Elle Woods in high school as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the first Legally Blonde film.”
Scott currently has a role in The Summer I Turned Pretty, whose third and final season is set to premiere in July on Prime Video. His TV credits also include 13 Reasons Why and I’m Sorry, and his film resumé includes That Thing You Do!, Because I Said So and La La Land, among others. Scott is repped by Gersh and John Carrabino Management.