Mindy Kaling Shares New ‘Legally Blonde 3’ Update: ‘It’s Like Writing Fan-Fic’

Kaling recently sat down for an interview with Time magazine and gave a much-needed update about Legally Blonde 3. The 45-year-old actress revealed that the script has already been written, however, the timing is out of her hands. 

“I’m so glad you asked. I don’t have any power here,” she told the mag. “It’s an MGM, Amazon, and Hello Sunshine thing. Dan Gore and I wrote a draft that we really like. We hope it sees the light of day. At least with TV, I have slightly more power. But with this one, we’ll see what happens. I’m always low-key working on it. It’s like writing fan-fic except it’s the actual three-quel.”

Kaling admitted that there’s one positive aspect about the delays because it allows them to recruit more returning cast members, like Jennifer Coolidge. “Also Jennifer Coolidge, since the time we started this project, has had this renaissance with The White Lotus,” she said. “If you put Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Coolidge in a movie right now, I don’t know a single person who wouldn’t run to the theaters to see it. And they’re already the two stars of Legally Blonde? That’s fantastic.” 

Kaling continued, “That is one of the nice things of being in a long development process on a film is the fortunes of the actual actors have changed. There’s a huge new fanbase for Jennifer. Next it’s going to be the guy who plays Warner who blows up: my dream that he’s cast in [Succession creator] Jesse Armstrong’s next show.”

Sounds like it’ll be worth the wait. 

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