Selma Blair, originator of the role of Elle Woods' law school nemesis in "Legally Blonde," says she is ready to bend and snap back into the role of the initially icy Vivian Kensington. When Elle (Reese Witherspoon) enrolled at Harvard Law School ("What, like it's hard?"), desperate to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner (Matthew Davis) in the 2001 feature, she was crushed to learn that he'd already moved on with Vivian (Blair), a brunette no less, in need of mascara and "some serious highlights."
Blair did not appear in the film's 2003 sequel, "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde," when Elle ventured to D.C. to outlaw animal testing. The 52-year-old actress has been able to return to her craft, amid her battle with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), now that she's increased her stamina and is relapse-free. MS is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system. Those with RRMS can experience flare-ups during which symptoms are exacerbated for a period of time.
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"Now I maybe take two naps a week, whereas before it was like four naps a day," Blair says. And having a script decreases her vocal dystonia, which makes her speech sound strained. "So that was a relief to learn, 'Oh, maybe I can go on a set again. I can deal with this,'" she says.
Blair says the jury is still out as to whether she'll appear in "Legally Blonde 3." A draft of Elle's next chapter has been completed, co-writer Mindy Kaling confirmed to Variety, but Blair says she hasn't heard anything about her potential involvement.
"I'll just keep my fingers crossed that that's some joyful thing that I could have a cameo in, at least, and be a part of that for a moment," she says. "I'd love to see Vivian Kensington again. It was so much fun."
Blair will appear with Judd Hirsch in "Stay Forte," a film which dramatizes the kidnapping and deaths of three Israeli hostages. Blair last appeared in the 2021 feature, "Far More," also starring Adrian Grenier and Drea de Matteo.