EXCLUSIVE: Zac Looker (Geek Girl), Jessica Belkin (American Horror Story: Hotel) and Logan Shroyer (This is Us) have been cast in Prime Video‘s Legally Blonde prequel series Elle.
They join the previously announced cast: Lexi Minetree, who plays Elle; June Diane Raphael as Elle’s mom, Eva; Tom Everett Scott as Elle’s dad, Wyatt; Gabrielle Policano as Liz; Jacob Moskovitz as Miles; and Chandler Kinney as Kimberly.
From creator Laura Kittrell, the series follows Elle Woods in high school as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman in the first Legally Blonde film.
In a series regular role, Looker has been cast as Dustin, Elle’s classmate and sparring partner who cares about social justice and isn’t afraid to challenge authority.
In recurring roles, Belkin has been cast as Elle’s best friend, Madison, and Shroyer as Madison’s cousin and Elle’s crush, Josh.
Showrunners Kittrell and Caroline Dries executive produce with Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter of Hello Sunshine and the film’s producer Marc Platt. Jason Moore is directing the first two episodes. Elle is produced by Hello Sunshine and Amazon MGM Studios.
Looker hails from Hampshire, UK, and trained with the National Youth Theatre in London. He can currently be seen as Toby, a major recurring role, on the Netflix series Geek Girl. Past credits include the series regular role, Frank, in two seasons of A Kind of Spark for CBBC. Looker is repped by Haven, Denton Brierley, and attorney Jared Bloch.
Belkin is best known for her role in Ryan Murphy’s FX series American Horror Story: Hotel and has appeared in Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars and FOX’s The Orville. Currently, she stars in the horror-thriller Last Straw, streaming now on AMC+, and Singing in My Sleep on HBO Max. She will soon be seen in the film adaptation of Becky Albertalli’s The Upside of Unrequited and the Starz series The Hunting Wives, premiering in 2025. Belkin is repped by Paradigm, Atlas Artists, and Schuller Mgmt.
Shroyer is known for his role in NBC’s hit series, This is Us, where he starred as young Kevin Pearson opposite Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia for 6 seasons. Recently, he was seen starring opposite Bellamy Young in The Waltons: Homecoming on the CW, in the role of John Boy Walton. Shroyer first gained recognition for his work in the Prime Video series Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street. He has also been seen on ABC’s Speechless and the CW’s The Tomorrow People. He is repped by Innovative Artists, Anonymous Content, and Myman Greenspan.
