Casting News: Legally Blonde Prequel Finds Elle's Dad, Tulsa King Adds 3 Regulars And More

Elle Woods now has a mom and a dad.

Tom Everett Scott has joined Prime Video's Legally Blonde prequel series, Elle, as the titular character's father, Wyatt, our sister site Variety reports. June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie) was recently cast as Elle's mom, Eva.

The forthcoming show stars Lexi Minetree (The Murdaugh Murders) as Elle Woods in high school and explores "the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the first Legally Blonde film," reads the official synopsis.

Scott's TV credits include The Summer I Turned Pretty, I'm Sorry, 13 Reasons Why and Southland.

In other recent casting news...

* Tulsa King Season 3 has added Robert Patrick (1923) and Beau Knapp (SEAL Team) as series regulars, playing Jeremiah Dunmire, a powerful man with deep pockets in the liquor business, and his trust-fund son, Cole, respectively, our sister site Deadline reports. Additionally, Bella Heathcote (The Man in the High Castle) has boarded the Paramount+ drama in the full-time role of Cleo Montague, the daughter of a distillery owner, per Variety.

* Sarah Pidgeon (The Wilds) will play Carolyn Bessette in the FX anthology series American Love Story, whose first season chronicles the relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr. (casting TBA) and his wife (Pidgeon), Deadline reports.

* Oscar winner Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) will recur during Only Murders in the Building Season 5 in an undisclosed role, Variety reports.

* Olivia Williams (Dune: Prophecy), Michael Dorman (For All Mankind), Audrey Grace Marshall (The Flight Attendant) and Drew Cheek have joined the Peacock limited series The Good Daughter, starring Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy, Variety reports.

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