{"id":3955,"date":"2026-07-20T23:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T23:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3955"},"modified":"2026-07-20T23:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T23:39:02","slug":"never-have-i-ever-alum-maitreyi-ramakrishnan-teases-elle-season-2-role-not-something-ive-done-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3955","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Never Have I Ever\u2019 Alum Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Teases \u2018Elle\u2019 Season 2 Role: \u201cNot Something I\u2019ve Done Before\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg> <span>Logo text<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tAn open casting call. A virtually unknown actress selected to lead a coming-of-age streaming TV show executive produced by an ambitious veteran actress-turned-producer with a strong personal connection to the IP.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3953\">Hunter Biden\u2019s Image Rehab Tour Takes a Hard Right<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThat\u2019s what Maitreyi Ramikrishnan went through when the Canadian actress was chosen among many to lead the Mindy Kaling-executive produced, semi-autobiographical Netflix comedy <em>Never Have I Ever<\/em>. But the same could also be said about Lexi Minetree, the Atlanta native who was selected from roughly 5,000 audition tapes, again via an open search, to play the star of the Reese Witherspoon executive-produced <em>Legally Blonde<\/em> prequel, <em>Elle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNow, three years after the end of <em>Never Have I Ever<\/em>, Ramakrishnan is going back to the world of teen shows to play the nemesis to Minetree\u2019s Elle Woods in the already renewed (and already filmed) season two of <em>Elle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThough Ramakrishnan\u2019s role might seem like she\u2019s starring in yet another high school series after <em>Never Have I Ever<\/em>\u2018s four-season run, she teases that her addition to the <em>Legally Blonde<\/em> universe is different.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWithout spoiling too much, I like my character\u2019s dynamic in the gang because it\u2019s not something I\u2019ve done before,\u201d Ramakrishnan told <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> at the recent <em>Elle<\/em> premiere in New York.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRamakrishnan\u2019s character, Sam, has been described as \u201cpossessing all our hero\u2019s ambition and none of her optimism. She\u2019s the founder, editor-in-chief and lord baron of the school newspaper, the commissioner of the grammar police and the enemy of joy,\u201d the description continues. \u201cIf <em>Cosmo<\/em> is Elle\u2019s bible, the <em>AP Stylebook<\/em> is Sam\u2019s holy grail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3951\">What\u2019s Really In the AI Odyssey Film<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpeaking about what drew her to the role, Ramakrishnan mentioned the \u201ciconic\u201d world of <em>Legally Blonde <\/em>and called Witherspoon a \u201clegend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHaving worked with Witherspoon on the already filmed second season of <em>Elle<\/em> and Kaling on <em>Never Have I Ever<\/em>, Ramakrishnan also shared her thoughts on how the actresses-turned-powerhouse-producers, aiming to improve representation onscreen, are similar.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThe biggest thing they have in common, I would say, is that they are both women with audacity, and that\u2019s why I think they hire women with audacity as well,\u201d she said. \u201cMeeting Lexi is such a joy because she works so hard. 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