Reese Witherspoon talks 'Legally Blonde 3'

Reese Witherspoon and her "Legally Blonde" co-star Jennifer Coolidge sat down via Zoom with Backstage, and dished not only about their respective hit shows, "The Morning Show" and "White Lotus," but also teased a third "Legally Blonde" movie.

Coolidge explained that Witherspoon is "the keeper of the keys" when it comes to the long-gestating third film. But rest easy, Elle Woods fans, Witherspoon is eager to get going on "Legally Blonde 3."

Saying she's "dying to know more," Coolidge sat intently while Witherspoon teased out an update. "I wish I could take a poll of everybody watching and say like, 'What do you wanna see us do?'" she joked.

"I mean, just the idea of being anywhere with Jennifer would be the greatest," the actress and producer explained, as was the idea of "visiting characters 20 years later to see what's changed about them and what hasn't."

Mindy Kaling is currently in the process of writing it, she explained.

As for the staying power of "Legally Blonde," Witherspoon opined, "The movie is such a feminist movie, too, at the time, about really that your life doesn't have to be defined by your romantic relationships; it can be defined by your girlfriends, by your sense of self-worth, by your job, your education, your accomplishments."