Laura Brodnik
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47 recordings
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first heard Jul 2026
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It's just interesting because he was, again, up until now, but the thing is he held on to that quintessential nice guy in Hollywood tag up until now.
25 years he held on to it.
And then he had to fall at the finish line mid-50s.
So they offered him the part, he took it, and then the hunt began for Elle Woods because obviously that was going to make or break the movie.
They didn't write it with someone in mind, but the first person who was offered the role was Christina Applegate.
Do you know this story?
Oh, sure.
Famously where I get all my information, except not really.
I read the oral history of Leigh LeBlanc.
Sorry.
No, she turned it down because, and people shit on her for this, but, like, you don't know what's going to go on to be great.
No, she had been playing Kelly Bundy on Married With Children, which was sort of seen as, like, the quintessential, like, ditzy blonde character, and she didn't want to be typecast as that, which in a lot of cases is smart.
Yeah.
And she has said now that, like, obviously she would have loved to be in a huge movie like that.
But at the same time, it would have been different.
Like, Reese did something special with it and she recognizes that.
And that happens a lot with Hollywood stars.
Like, they see these other people take roles that become big things.
But on paper, this could have tanked.
Yeah, that's so true.
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