“Every time I see Luke, I start crying because he’s so wonderful and we had so much fun,” Witherspoon said on “Good Morning America.”

Reese Witherspoon gets emotional over surprise message from Legally Blonde’s Luke Wilson after he missed reunion event

"Every time I see Luke, I start crying because he's so wonderful and we had so much fun," Witherspoon said on "Good Morning America."

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Luke Wilson and Reese Witherspoon in 'Legally Blonde'; Witherspoon on 'GMA'. Credit:

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- Reese Witherspoon got emotional on *Good Morning America *after a surprise video message from *Legally Blonde* costar Luke Wilson.

- The actress said that "every time" she sees Wilson, she stars crying.

- Wilson was absent from Saturday's 25th anniversary event, which also featured the cast of prequel series *Elle*.

The verdict is in: seeing Luke Wilson gives Reese Witherspoon a hit of *Legally Blonde** *nostalgia that moves her to tears every time.

After most of the 2001 comedy hit's cast reunited in New York City Saturday to celebrate the film's 25th anniversary and the release of the upcoming prequel streaming series *Elle*, Witherspoon appeared Monday on *Good Morning America *— where she received a surprise from Wilson after he missed out on the weekend cast reunion.

"Every time I see Luke, I start crying because he's so wonderful and we had so much fun," Witherspoon said on *GMA*, raising her hand to her face as she teared up over Wilson's video note.

Luke Wilson surprises Reese Witherspoon on 'Good Morning America'.

Wilson played Witherspoon's love interest in *Legally Blonde*. While the actor didn't appear with his costars at the 25th anniversary event, Witherspoon reunited with Jennifer Coolidge, Selma Blair, Ali Larter, Matthew Davis, and Victor Garber to celebrate the beloved project.

On *GMA*, he submitted a video note for Witherspoon inquiring about how she honed her accent and overall characterization for Elle Woods, the sorority sister-turned-lawyer who, over the course of the first film, proves herself to be a veritable force in law after deciding to attend Harvard Law School.

"He was so inspiring to me, too, because I came out with a big character voice and a big character walk, and I think I surprised a lot of people," the Oscar winner remembered.**

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Of her process, she said she "wanted to make sure [Elle] sounded like she was from California, so she drags her words a little bit" when she speaks.

"I went around Beverly Hills and I watched women shop in shoe stores and how they held their nails and how they walked when they tried on pretty shoes," Witherspoon recalled. "Women just act different when their nails are done and when they have on a pretty shoe, you just walk differently, so I developed it all while watching people shop in Beverly Hills."

Matthew Davis, Selma Blair, Reese Witherspoon, Ali Larter, Jennifer Coolidge, and Victor Garber at the 'Legally Blonde' reunion.

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Speaking about reuniting on stage with the cast, Witherspoon — who also became emotional at the New York City event — called it a "beautiful moment that was unexpectedly emotional," and that she "cried over and over" as a result.

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"It just reminded me of how much it meant to people over time," the *Morning Show* actress said, because she felt that — particularly through Elle's relationship with nail technician Paulette (Coolidge) in the film — the project showed audiences the importance of how "women support each other across every part of life."

*Elle* debuts July 1 on Amazon Prime Video.

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