Dylan Mulvaney desires of starring in trans model of ‘Legally Blonde’ (Corey Nickols/Getty Photographs for IMDb)
Influencer Dylan Mulvaney has revealed that her dream is to star as the principle character in a trans remake of Legally Blonde.
Chatting with IMDb in the course of the South by Southwest movie competition, Mulvaney, 27 mentioned that whereas it will be a dream come true to play Glinda in Depraved, her “dream dream” is to play Legally Blonde‘s Harvard Regulation Faculty scholar Elle Woods, famously portrayed by Reese Witherspoon on the massive display screen in 2001.
“I wanna play Elle and have perhaps a trans Emmett and a trans Paulette,” she mentioned.
“What’s so cool about plugging trans folks into current tales is it inherently adjustments what the subject is, however in a manner that you simply don’t truly need to do a lot to the script.
“Really, I believe it makes it much more highly effective.”
Additionally on Mulvaney’s “imaginative and prescient board” for 2024 had been performing with Glee star Chris Colfer, which she has already ticked off, and assembly Woman Gaga, which she has now achieved.
After cementing itself as a fan favorite comedy movie within the earlier 2000s, Legally Blonde went on to be tailored right into a musical manufacturing on Broadway and the West Finish.
The story follows Elle, a style merchandising main who heads to Harvard Regulation to win again her ex-boyfriend. Whereas there, she realises a ardour for the authorized occupation, and that there’s extra to the Ivy League faculty than she anticipated.
The comedy musical starred trans actress Iz Hesketh as Elle’s pal Margot when staged at London’s Regent’s Park open-air theatre in 2022; reportedly the primary time a trans particular person has performed the function.
“As the primary trans non-binary particular person to play this function professionally I can’t fairly put into phrases how grateful I’m to be taking this enormous step in musical theatre historical past,” Hollyoaks star Hesketh mentioned on the time.