Reese Witherspoon’s on-screen expertise as an lawyer got here in helpful in actual life! On January 24, the actress appeared on The Graham Norton Present and recalled how her function as Elle Woods within the 2001 film Legally Blonde helped her get on jury obligation in actual life.
The Morning Present actress advised host Graham Norton that, practically seven years after the discharge of the movie, she was known as for jury obligation in Beverly Hills. Witherspoon by no means imagined she would get picked to take a seat by means of trials, however to her shock, she was chosen.
“They picked me for a protracted trial, y’all. It was most likely two weeks. I used to be on the jury,” she recalled. Fellow visitor and her You are Cordially Invited co-star Will Ferrell chimed in, saying the period wasn’t that lengthy, to which the actress sarcastically replied, “Okay, Ferrell.”
Witherspoon defined that the trial, which was for a canine chunk case, continued for 2 “strong” weeks and had her significantly invested. However the shock didn’t finish there. The Huge Little Lies actress recalled going into deliberation, and in direction of the tip, everybody needed to decide one foreman for the jury.
The actress was thrown off guard when everybody unanimously voted for her. “Me, me? Why did you decide [me]?” she shrieked, pointing at herself. That’s when everybody chimed in, saying it was as a result of she went to regulation faculty.
As “upsetting” because it was, Witherspoon revealed that she by no means went to regulation faculty, didn’t even end faculty, and had solely performed a lawyer in a film. Nonetheless, everybody “totally” made her the foreman, which made her understand that folks don’t know a lot in regards to the regulation.
“In case you get picked for jury obligation, please do it. Some dangerous stuff goes down there,” she mentioned, addressing the group as they cheered. The Emmy-nominated actress appeared on the discuss present to advertise her upcoming comedy movie You are Cordially Invited alongside Ferrell, which will probably be launched on Amazon Prime Video on January 30.