‘Elle’ Bosses on Lexi Minetree’s Elle Woods Transformation and How the Late James Van Der Beek Rewrote Her Character’s Ending0

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• July 11, 2026

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains key plot details, including the ending, from “Elle,” now streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video. While most showrunners spend the days leading up to their series’ debut worrying about whether audiences will tune in and whether they’ll ultimately be renewed, “Elle” bosses Laura Kittrell and Caroline Dries had a different problem: