It has been fifteen years since the world was first introduced to the unforgettable Elle Woods – the blonde sorority girl who made her way into Harvard Law School in order to win back her ex-boyfriend, Warren. Reese Witherspoon, the actress who played our favorite female law student, took to social media to celebrate the anniversary of the release of the movie. For those of you that haven’t seen the movie, beware of spoiler alerts.
Warren, who is played by Matthew Davis, breaks up with Elle at the beginning of the movie because he doesn’t think she can fit the criteria his family expects for his future wife, especially now that he’s off to Harvard Law School. Elle, being the go-getter she is, decides she’s going to enroll in Harvard Law to prove Warren and his parents wrong and win him back. However, once Elle gets into Harvard, she realizes is a lot harder than she thinks it is. Her classes are way more serious and intense than the bubbly Elle herself had expected.
While in school, Elle meets Warren’s new girlfriend Vivian, played by Selma Blair, who quickly begins to belittle Elle and show off her relationship with Elle’s ex. To end the story, Elle shows everyone up and graduates with multiple offers to join law firms, finds a new love, Emmett, played by Luke Wilson, and befriends Warren’s now ex-girlfriend Vivian.
One of the most famously remembered scenes from the movie is when Elle shows her friend Paulette, played by Jennifer Coolidge, and everyone else in the nail salon that Paulette works at, the bend and snap. This is the technique Elle uses to get guys attention, which Paulette struggles with. To celebrate the anniversary, Reese Witherspoon gave a bend and snap lesson to everyone on Instagram. See the video now:
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Photo from: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Now, we can all spend the rest of the day perfecting our bend and snaps – thanks Reese!
