Reese Witherspoon reveals experience as a judge after “legally blonde”

Reese Witherspoon 48, has a particularly interesting story to share about jury service.

Last Friday (24), during an appearance at The Graham Norton Show, Witherspoon told how he once had to serve at the jury of a two-week dog bite trial in Beverly Hills, a few years after the release of your movie “Legally Blonde”.

When the time came of the deliberation and the jury had to choose a president, Witherspoon remembered how everyone pointed to her.

“I! I!” She exclaimed, pointing to herself, while the guest Ariana Grande seemed not to be surprised at all, saying, “Well, yes.”

“I was like, ‘Why did you choose me?!’” Witherspoon replied. “And they said, ‘you went to law school.'”

This, of course, was a reference to your character Elle Woods In the 2001 movie “Legally Blonde”, in which she enters Harvard law school to be close to the man she loves (“What, as if it was difficult?”).

She then said she explained to the other jurors that “I definitely didn’t go to law school” and that not finished college . “Like, I was a lawyer in a movie once!”

Witherspoon kept saying how important it is to serve the jury, as “some bad things happen inside” because “people don’t know much about the law.” Regarding the case, she explained how some jurors wanted to condemn the defendant because they didn’t like her appearance.

When your programmate, Will Ferrell He asked what the verdict was, Witherspoon explained how, in the end, it was a simple question for someone to break the basic rule of never putting his hand in a dog fight. “What your mother always told you, don’t put your hand in a dog fight!” said Witherspoon.

Ferrell then joked, “I always said to my children, ‘Put your hands on dog fights!’ I feel terrible! ”

Witherspoon and Ferrell will soon meet at the new Amazon Prime wedding comedy, “Cross Weddings”, which will be released in January 30 .

This content was originally published in Reese Witherspoon reveals experience as a judge after “legally blonde” on CNN Brazil.

Source: CNN Brasil

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