Paul Bettany was nearly Emmett in Legally Blonde
Paul Bettany almost played Emmett in 'Legally Blonde'. The romantic-comedy franchise's casting director Joseph Middleton has revealed Luke Wilson ended up landing the role of Reese Witherspoon's alter ego Elle Woods' love interest over the London-born 'WandaVision' star because the latter is "British, and they felt like it needed to be a real American.” Joseph told the New York Times newspaper: “I loved Paul Bettany for the Luke role." Co-writer Karen McCullah added how they dubbed Emmett “the Luke Wilson character”. She continued: “They saw some other actors, and finally Joseph was like, ‘May...