Behind the Scenes: Legally Blonde -The Search for Elle Woods

Meet the 10 young stars-to-be vying for a spot to play Elle Woods in the smash hit Broadway musical Legally Blonde on MTV's The Search for Elle Woods. Watch for new episodes every Monday night at 10PM. Featuring host Haylie Duff, Lauren Zakrin, Bailey Hanks, Autumn Hurlbert, Rhiannon Hansen, Celina Carvajal (Lena Hall), Lindsay Ridgway, Emma Zaks, Cassie Silva, Cassie Okenka, Natalie Lander.

[@meganwoodrow2982]

Bailey Hanks got the lead on Broadway. Autumn Hurlburt got the understudy part on Bway. Lauren Zakrin got to be understudy on the Tour, but when Becky Gulsvig (Tour Lead) was injured, Laura Bell Bundy (Original Bway lead) stepped in a did 6 performances a week & Lauren Z. did 2 performances a week as lead until Becky came back after a month. Rhiannon Hansen got to be Margot on the tour and got to understudy Elle. Hope that helps! (^-^)

[@Tns.blu_]

And Natalie was Selena I think!

[@nasirwillie2136]

a trick : watch series on flixzone. I've been using them for watching a lot of movies these days.

[@yahirmaximilian4322]

@Nasir Willie Yup, I've been watching on Flixzone} for since november myself :D

[@jaxbradley7036]

@Nasir Willie definitely, have been using flixzone} for since december myself :)

[@markcondra9045]

I love how the majority of them actually ended up on broadway...I mean Lena Hall won a fricken Tony for crying out loud!

[@Multiversetraveler93]

Lena had done 4 shows prior to this. She was a pro already.

[@sparklemotion101ni3]

@@Multiversetraveler93 A few of them were professionals on Broadway before this (specifically, Lena & Emma; Lena is now a huge star & Emma's taking a break from theater). But while a few of them had success on Broadway & in national tours (Lauren Zakrin has had huge success in theater; Natalie Lander has been working non-stop on TV), for most of them this reality show is still the biggest thing they've ever done, especially since Legally Blonde closed 3 months after Bailey took over as Elle. This was Bailey's only role in NY, much less on Broadway. Though she stayed & auditioned for everything after the show closed, eventually she returned to her home town & became a hairdresser.

[@user-bk1eq3ps2b]

@@sparklemotion101ni3love that for Bailey

[@glossbones]

That background music on loop tho

[@charlottes.7795]

emma looks like reese witherspoon

[@xoxosunflowerxoxo9000]

Charlotte S. I think Lindsay does

[@desucofk4446]

Yeah, Emma looks so much like Reese Witherspoon.

[@Keepedia99]

They say that in the first episode

[@oliviapetrizzo17]

Like exact no joke

[@alibhg3063]

You should look at some of her instagram pics that she put up recently! In one of them she could be Reese's twin!

[@lyanne1126]

i wish legally blonde was still on broadway :/ was such a great show!!

[@ashleyelliott444]

If Autumn would have won it would have run a lot longer.

[@whywhowhatwhere]

@@ashleyelliott444 not true ... the show was on its way out before Bailey came in hence why LBB left.

[@whywhowhatwhere]

I think it’s so funny how the host just talks about herself every time she’s on camera.

[@georgechlada4868]

I saw cassie okenka as Glinda in wicked and she was phenomenal!!

[@Hgfd2022]

I love how Lena Hall went in to be in Hedwig on Broadway and Yitzhak of all roles😂😂😂

[@yummylemons172]

It's pretty funny how the only one on the show that hasn't done anything is the person who won!!!

[@yummylemons172]

***** Lauren was on the Wicked tour for quite some time as the first understudy for Glinda and was in the ensemble she played Glinda for a few performances. And was also on Broadway in the show Rock of Ages playing Sherrie. And she's also going to be in a new Broadway show that's opening soon called Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, so yeah Lauren is doing a lot.

[@yummylemons172]

***** They were still on the MTV website for a long time but were taken down a couple of years ago. I'm still trying to find the full episodes TBH, all I see are the clips that are on here.

[@nor1song497]

Is there anywhere you can watch the show

[@LizzWolffx]

Nor1song I'm gonna be posting the show on my KZbin channel by Friday (after my exams haha)

[@MelissaCircuit]

You would be my hero if you posted it, I love the show but can't find it anywhere :')

[@susgra21]

Still my favorite reality show of all time

[@BertCCRI]

Fun to watch this several years down the road. So glad to have met six of these ten finalists in person since the "Search" series aired, all not only talented, but very nice people as well.

[@mayadg16]

Lena Hall! Lauren Zakrin!😱😍❤️

[@madelainesteff4479]

8:51 the. LAUGH.

[@emmaliztv]

Madelaine Steff THAT WOW

[@alyssaperry1717]

LENA HALL, THATS LENA HALL OH MY GOD MY BABY

[@Miladybug]

Wow, Lauren is the first person I've heard say they've been in My Favorite Year! My school did that last year and no one had ever heard of it

[@sparklemotion101ni3]

I saw "My Favorite Year" on Broadway. Lanie Kazan, Tim Curry, Josh Mostel, Andrea Martin, and Katie Finneran were all in it, amonf others. If nobody you know has heard of "My Favorite Year," you need to meet people who know much more about theater than the people at your school.

[@lumiere85]

I LOVE Lena Hall but don't see her as Elle. She's too good and powerful for this kinda light material.

[@icebox401]

Why Bailey won until today I still can't figure out why.

[@kylie3366]

Kim de Guzman same

[@carlosalejandroalvarenga4913]

Kim de Guzman she actually got a lot beyter over the competition, but sure

[@Annesglitter]

Kim de Guzman she could act and dance better than autumn.

[@ellesaoirsehay]

*• Purple Panda Playz •* dance maybe but nah autumn can act her socks off

[@themeltedchocolate]

Oh hi Lena Hall!

[@broadwaybeltit]

Autumn should have won and I'm still pissed about it 3 years later!

[@somethingelse1096]

I agree! Pegasister J

[@desucofk4446]

Autumn looks nothing like the character Legally Blonde, she looks old and boring. Some people are blind.

[@hannahwardin6548]

+Desucof K but she had a VERY strong voice

[@oumarcus3546]

broadwaybeltit I saw her as Portia in Something Rotten, and she was AMAZING! So sad she lost.

[@pinkk92]

Autumn is super talented. She just wasn't right for Elle Woods.

[@wednesdayaddamsxx]

I love ceLENA :)

[@idkidc4594]

Cassie S stop trying to make awesome-blossom-fabulous-fantastic happen.

[@MysteriousGirl10]

It's never going to happen!

[@iAmMadeOfSoup]

*Me if I was in this show* I’ve never been in any musicals cus there’s nothing where I live but I have talent 😂

[@idkidc4594]

Same honestly

[@sophieellen8147]

I cant get over how much Lauren looks like Britney and Emma looks like Kate Winslet

[@wednesdayaddamsxx]

"hello dolly...bye bye birdie..." my school did those 2 shows these past 2 years!

[@peanutbutter4612]

Why Emma didn’t get Elle I don’t know... 😩

[@iAmMadeOfSoup]

She was a smoker. She couldn’t sing

[@sophiasdailylife349]

Unfortunately she was sick :( I loved her too! But it was because if she was sick she couldn’t do 8 shows a week

[@canaldeletado9190]

@@sophiasdailylife349 is she dead?

[@canaldeletado9190]

Is she dead?

[@chimmychanga9261]

Canal Deletado no she is not dead she was just sick with bronchitis I believe(I might be wrong) and she couldn't sing properly because of it.

[@Savisaysrawrr]

Lauren was my favorite.

[@hannahcarson1698]

Bailey looks like Kirsten Bell

[@susana01992]

Ayyye Lindsay from Chicago

[@hannah02931]

I grew up with bailey.

[@cynthiawaibel]

Rhiannon is still in the national tour of the show. She isn't playing Elle though, she is generally in the chorus, however I think she is listed as understudy

[@Tessdv_]

I Love Lindsay & Emma :D

[@Lyn683]

I saw legally blonde on broadway just this year.

[@weirdstream9572]

Cassie S. is on Hairspray right? as brenda??

[@laurenkidd4243]

wow cassie s is a lot nicer on here

[@skylerp5740]

exactly!! she was just edited to look bad so they could have drama smh

[@laylayoung322]

Everywhere else where there’s not crazy fake editing, she’s a great nice person. The show just made her look bad. I feel so bad for her.

[@laurenarnold9442]

I reckon she got paid to add drama. Sometimes they have agents that help them get into reality shows and stuff and this might have been one of those situations.

[@MysteriousGirl10]

From what I've heard she's actually a nice person. Editing really did her dirty.

[@DeansLILgirl]

Laura bell was great but every actress bring something new the role shame the show is over would have been fun to try this

[@morgankey7167]

Bailey I'm from SC too

[@turniptrekking9082]

Haylie Duff was really pushy about the fact that she was on Broadway ._. Like girl chill out

[@QueenPaulson]

This was my fucking life back then.

[@oliverdavis2422]

The funniest thing is Cassie has done the best for herself

[@jojoanimated7314]

Wats her last name

[@jojoanimated7314]

PLEASE TELL ME ALL OF THEIR LAST NAMES SO I CAN LOOK THEM UP

[@oliverdavis2422]

Jojo Animated Cassie Silva

[@MOOYOU42]

2:21 looks like Reese sitting right there

[@katherinecounter2097]

Is there anywhere I can still watch the whole season

[@keiragerstley8756]

Yeah just look up “the search for Elle woods” someone has almost all the episodes

[@tmichellemd111]

Chill, dude!

[@MollyLikovich]

I’m amazed still that Rhiannon made it to the top four she CANNOT sing

[@kyleherrera7511]

Why do you have to be rude about it? People like you are what makes this world a horrible place to live in.

[@keiragerstley8756]

She was ok but I don’t think she was like Elle at all. She had good energy though and I think that’s why they kept her because you can improve a voice

[@jessboo173]

Umm she definitely can, just not enough energy to be elle. She was great as margot

[@MysteriousGirl10]

If you think she can't sing then there must be something wrong with your ears.

[@2000ppg]

was cassie o. in wicked in broadway of chicago?

[@AlyssaVierneza]

It's hard to look it up but I see she was in Wicked this past year.

[@devildoll1986]

Its from 2008. When I visited NY in june of 2010 it had already been taken off Broadway.

[@joshuarosenthal6873]

Right? So why are they Advertising the TV show like it’s currently on if the TV and Broadway show have already ended their runs?

[@jessboo173]

I can't be the only one who thinks autumn kinda look like philippa soo

[@paigecullen4095]

its so sad how the show made cassie s look so snobby smh. she's actually so sweet

[@saraharndt54]

Emma reminds me of the young dianna Agron (Quinn from GLEE)

[@blaubeerschoki]

who made it?

[@miriamcummins471]

blaubeerschoki Bailey

[@lionheight5631]

Wow, that's a lot of negativity in the last ten words.

[@susanthomson4936]

How did they choose Laura Bundy Belle

[@andrewburns7934]

Because one of these girls was replacing Laura Bell Bundy in the show since she was leaving- this isn't casting for the original cast of the show.

[@BlondElmo97]

Cassie S. annoyed me SO much during this show

[@thesongbirdie5714]

its only editing, shes really sweet irl😁

[@MrTy2121]

Does anyone else think Natalie looks like Nikki bohne

[@bryn362]

How did Bailey win?

[@MysteriousGirl10]

I have no idea.

[@Quingjosie]

Where was Laura!!!! I love how she was like not even seen!!!

[@zachtouschner2673]

tyberiousjenkins laura wasn’t in this. These girls were trying to be the one who was replacing laura.

[@jessboo173]

Laura's belting her ass off on broadway. No time for reality tv show

[@supersingerevan]

@AAAAALLLLLDDDDDOOOOO Nope. This channel is just getting around to putting the clip up on KZbin.

[@katebarnes9156]

whoa comment from 10 years ago

[@Someoneyouknow453]

legally blonde still in broadway???????

[@BeutifulLifeLS]

just a lil late lol

[@temilyo]

who got elle?

[@ameliasummers4703]

temilyo bailey hanks

[@keiragerstley8756]

Bailey and I think autumn was the understudy

[@christianmarshall3439]

That sort of closemindedness will be the downfall of long running shows. :P

[@snazzyduck229]

all a great joke?! that is SO disrespectful. how could someone talk about a show like that... all the effort put into a show is so great, you cant just brush it aside. this girl needs to leave.

[@candegosso]

snazzyduck229 who said that?

[@RebekkaHay]

That music is insufferable 🙄

[@izzybelle3902]

I wanted to like this video but it is 666 so i will not like it

[@ThemedNumber02]

Omg and Rhiannon won. That was a tragedy ;(

[@zachtouschner2673]

bossy Bailey won

[@MysteriousGirl10]

Honestly, I would've loved to see Rhiannon win.

[@iceljljk]

kinda funny thing is Reese Witherspoon got the job!!!!!!!!!

[@paultodd9307]

laura . You realise this wasnt casting for the movie? This was a casting for the broadway musical after original Elle Woods, Laura Bell Bundy, left and they cast Bailey Hanks as her replacement

[@keiragerstley8756]

Reese got the job for the movie NOT the live musical

[@blj1523]

HAHAHAHAHAHA