Legally Blonde‘s Elle Woods wasn’t supposed to go to Harvard!
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The film’s star, Reese Witherspoon, recently shared that the budding lawyer was actually supposed to attend Stanford University — but she wasn’t allowed!
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Reese made the reveal after Issa Rae thanked Stanford for allowing Insecure to film on the campus.
“Shout out to @Stanford for breaking their ‘no filming’ rule for us! ️,” Issa wrote on Twitter.
Shout out to @Stanford for breaking their “no filming” rule for us! ️ #insecurehbo
@IssaRae / Via Twitter: @IssaRae
The university has long implemented the rule due to “year-round campus activity” and in order to protect “the privacy and safety of its students, faculty and staff.”
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Reese explained that when they were getting ready to film Legally Blonde, the university wouldn’t make an exception to the rule, despite the fact that she’s an alumna.
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“This is major! Fun fact : They would not let us film Legally Blonde there. So we went to Harvard instead 
️
,” Reese replied to Issa.
@IssaRae @Stanford This is major! Fun fact : They would not let us film Legally Blonde there. So we went to Harvard instead
@ReeseW / Via Twitter: @ReeseW
She added, “Also Proud @Stanford alum here .. Fear the Tree!”
@IssaRae @Stanford Also Proud @Stanford alum here ️.. Fear the Tree!
@ReeseW / Via Twitter: @ReeseW
The funniest part of all this? Legally Blonde wasn’t even filmed AT Harvard, with most scenes taking place at USC, UCLA, or California Institute of Technology.
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