How "Legally Blonde 3" was influenced by "Top Gun: Maverick”?

Reese Witherspoon discussed how Tom Cruise's "Top Gun: Maverick"

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served as inspiration for the third "Legally Blonde" movie in a recent interview.

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She shared her views as,

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"It's similar to 'Top Gun,' in that they waited a long time to release a sequel

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and I appreciated the nostalgic element they had in it"

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Witherspoon also discussed her most recent television drama,

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"Surface," which makes its Apple TV+ premiere on Friday

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This marks Witherspoon and Mbatha-Raw's third time working together.

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