Inside Reese Witherspoon and Margot Robbie’s Secret Feud: ‘They Are in Direct Opposition’

Reese Witherspoon is thrilled to person a Legally Blonde reboot successful nan useful aft years of campaigning for it – but she’s still upset it won’t beryllium a full-blown movie sequel and blaming Margot Robbie’s Barbie for holding her movie back, a root exclusively reveals to Life & Style.

“It’s nary concealed astatine Hello Sunshine aliases successful Reese’s world that nan occurrence of Barbie obviated immoderate request for a Legally Blonde 3,” nan root tells. The startling occurrence of Greta Gerwig’s surface adjustment of nan Barbie beingness “caused Reese and her squad to tear up nan crippled scheme and, finally, thankfully, brainstorm immoderate caller ideas.” 

Barbie, which premiered successful July 2023, rewrote really studios are looking astatine adaptations of already-existing characters and stories. Industry players now person to support up and get pinch nan times aliases fizzle out. 

Reese, 48, and everyone other astatine her accumulation company, Hello Sunshine — who are down nan adjacent installment of nan Legally Blonde franchise which primitively premiered successful 2001 pinch Legally Blonde, followed soon aft successful 2003 by Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde — have taken note.

“They tore up nan book and came up pinch thing new,” nan root reveals. The improvement successful workplace reasoning was yet a boon for nan movie. “Thank God Amazon loved it and green-lit it instantly, which they weren’t consenting to do pinch Reese’s erstwhile Blonde franchise extensions!” 

“And Reese lives to conflict different day, which is what she’s each about,” nan root says. 

Still, all’s not wholly good successful The Morning Show actresses’ camp. The insider suggests Reese whitethorn person it retired for Margot, 34, who runs her ain accumulation company, LuckyChap, pinch shaper hubby Tom Ackerley.

“There’s still this unfastened mobility pinch her narration pinch Margot,” nan root continues. “Reese pointedly did not support nan Barbie trading movement, nor did her societal circle.” 

Margot’s Barbie “was a cardinal dollar movie, ultimately.” 

The root gives much penetration into nan title betwixt nan 2 A-list actresses, which extends to their dueling accumulation companies.

“Hello Sunshine is successful nonstop guidance correct now to Margot’s LuckyChap company, and everybody knows it,” says nan source.

Margot and hubby Tom, 34, person had their ft connected nan state for a while now, pinch Barbie taking them to caller heights. Even now that Margot is expecting, the mates has nary plans connected letting up. 

“She and Tom are nan hottest producers successful municipality and are continuing to turn their company, LuckyChap, astatine a startling pace,” a 2nd insider antecedently told Life & Style. “That’s not changing astatine each – not now that they’re starting a family.” 

Even those adjacent to Reese person taken statement of nan Barbie lead’s shooting star. As nan rivalry betwixt nan 2 heats up, immoderate judge it’d beryllium advantageous to activity together connected a project, alternatively of emotion bitter astir nan others’ success.

“What makes consciousness is for them to squad up connected thing but that’s not what’s happening. They are successful nonstop opposition, and you can’t do business pinch some of them astatine nan aforesaid time,” nan root adjacent to Reese says.

“That speaks volumes.”