{"id":566338,"date":"2026-07-03T04:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/566338\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T04:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:22:17","slug":"elle-cast-and-creators-weigh-in-on-love-triangle-for-main-heroine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/566338\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Elle’ Cast And Creators Weigh In On Love Triangle For Main Heroine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plotlines for Prime Video<\/a>\u2018s Elle<\/a> Season 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tElle (Lexi Minetree<\/a>) does not need a man, nor is she defined by the love triangle she experiences in the first season of Prime Video\u2019s Legally Blonde prequel series. However, it is quite fun watching a triangle situation play out.<\/p>\n

\n\tBy the end of the first season, it\u2019s unclear where things stand between Elle and Miles (Jacob Moskovitz). Considering she and Dustin (Zac Looker<\/a>) shared a sweet kiss at the Winter Informal Carpet Mart concert, especially one that was witnessed by Miles.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe only man Elle needs is Bruiser, baby Bruiser boy. Like a lot of people in high school, Elle gets crushes, and what\u2019s interesting is both those boys bring out different things in her,\u201d Minetree told Deadline. \u201cMiles is someone who is the classic athlete archetype who she instantly has chemistry with, and connects with. Obviously, there are things that hold them apart and make it a little bit more tumultuous than she would like.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the beginning of the show, Miles is off limits because he is dating Shannon (Danielle Chand), and it seems at first that Dustin is more of a friend for Elle. Thanks to his British accent, he stands out at Rainier West High School as Elle does in her bright pink wardrobe.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDustin is kind of the wild card. I wouldn\u2019t say they\u2019re enemies, but they definitely butt heads [at the start], but he pushes her out of her comfort zone and pushes what she expects anyone to say or do or to believe in, and gives her a cause to fight for,\u201d Minetree added.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: All The Songs In Prime Video & Hello Sunshine\u2019s \u2018Elle\u2019: From Mariah Carey To Radiohead<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tLooker, in a separate interview, admitted that Dustin may have made a \u201cquick judgment\u201d of Elle \u201cpossibly before he should have\u201d when they first meet. He sees her as a disruptive presence in Seattle and representative of outside forces subtracting from the city\u2019s authenticity.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOne of the nice things about this love triangle, which sometimes juxtaposes some of them as they exist in other kinds of media, is that both [guys] are fairly decent options. As opposed to other times, where it feels like one of them is a bit of a horrible person,\u201d Looker said, laughing. \u201cSo, instead of it being a question of her choosing between these two guys, it feels a lot more like her choosing between different sides of herself, because we each bring out a different part of her character.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"L-R:<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tL-R: Kimberly (Chandler Kinney), Liz (Gabrielle Policano), Elle Woods (Lexi Minetree), Miles (Jacob Moskovitz), and Dustin (Zac Looker) in \u2018Elle\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKimberley French\/Prime Video<\/p>\n

\n\tLooker continued, \u201cIt feels more like what it should be, which is a narrative vehicle for growth and for self-acceptance and realization. She doesn\u2019t necessarily have to choose between them, because there\u2019s a foundation of friendship with each relationship \u2014 it feels like each can exist on its own. It feels like no matter who she chooses, she\u2019s still choosing a side of herself, which is nice to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMoskovitz echoed both his co-stars\u2019 thoughts, summing up where Miles is at in his life when he meets Elle and how she influences him as well.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI think so much of the love triangle is about growth, and which side of herself Elle wants to activate. For Miles, he has lived his entire life being what he thinks he should be for everyone else: the perfect student, perfect athlete, hard worker, socially well-liked and received, but when he meets her, there\u2019s a spark,\u201d the actor said. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe\u2019s not sure what it is, and he\u2019s trying to [figure it out]. But he also recognizes a version of himself that he aspirationally wants to be, which is more authentically himself, not living for other people and what they think he should be. That\u2019s the journey when you first meet him, and when he first meets her, and then we kind of go on from there as he\u2019s trying to untangle it the entire first season,\u201d said Moskovitz.<\/p>\n

\n\tLaura Kittrell emphasized the idea of crushes as part of the \u201cfirsts\u201d of being a teenager in high school and wanting to put Elle through that rite of passage while presenting two valid options for her.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Prime Video Teases Summer Slate Of YA Originals, Book Adaptations & More From \u2018The Love Hypothesis\u2019 To \u2018Clashing Through The Snow\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSomething that we talked about when creating this triangle was not only who these boys are and how they\u2019re different from each other, but also what did they bring out of her that was different. For Miles, there is a safety, not in a negative way, but just a person who really believes in her and is supportive. He is a great place for her to turn when she has landed in this place where she feels like she doesn\u2019t connect with anybody and doesn\u2019t understand the world,\u201d Kittrell told Deadline. \u201cDustin is a person who challenges her and has this fun banter, but is always a little bit argumentative. So there\u2019s a little more tension there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWherever Season 2 heads in terms of the dynamic<\/a>, executive producer Caroline Dries has a summary of how things tend to play out between Elle and the boys.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI think a great example of that triangle dynamic is in Episode 2. We always say Dustin is the guy who pulls her into the mosh pit, and Miles is the one who carries her out of it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Elle<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tElle Woods (Lexi Minetree) in \u2018Elle\u2019 <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJessica Brooks\/Prime Video<\/p>\n

\n\tLauren Neustadter<\/a>, Hello Sunshine\u2019s President of Film and TV, brings it all back to Elle herself.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShe learns a lot about herself through getting pulled in and getting taken out,\u201d Neustadter said. \u201cUltimately it always comes back to who is she, who does she want to be, and who will she become, which is the journey of the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

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