11. Davis was equal components scared and excited for his first main movie function as Warner. “I used to be so out of my league,” he recalled throughout the 2020 reunion. “I actually was simply off the again of the turnip truck out of Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah. I could not get out of Utah quick sufficient and I stumbled my means into this film referred to as Legally Blonde.” Very inexperienced and harboring a little bit of a factor for his costars (“I believe he had a crush on everyone,” Cauffiel instructed The New York Instances), “I used to be crapping my pants each step of the best way,” he admitted.
His very first scene noticed him break up with Witherspoon. “I sat down and Elle Woods was there,” he shared, “and Elle Woods was so massive and so lively and I noticed that each one my selections had been unsuitable.”
12. 20 years later, he nonetheless will get crap for the callous means Warner dumped his school sweetheart mid-dinner date (“If I will be a senator by the point I am 30, I must cease dicking round”) earlier than occurring to suggest to his “Jackie”, fellow Harvard legislation scholar Vivian Kensington (Selma Blair).
Although he’d go on to roles on Damages, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals and Legacies, “For years and years individuals would say ‘You are that a–hole from Legally Blonde!'” he shared throughout the digital get-together, prompting Witherspoon to come back to his protection. “I am right here to inform individuals Matthew Davis is the nicest individual!” she insisted. “He was simply enjoying a personality.”
