As Jimmy Fallon pointed out on The Tonight Show this week, Trump`s keynote speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, this weekend bore similarities to Reese Witherspoon`s Harvard graduation speech in the film. In the film, Elle says “It is with passion, courage of conviction… “, while Trump said in his speech: “Passion, courage in your convictions… ». In the final scene, she stands in front of her class at the graduation ceremony and delivers her farewell speech, which was almost as iconic as the film itself. Sure, this is probably (hopefully) just a coincidence and not a plagiarism of Trump or his speechwriter, but it`s reminiscent of the time when Melania Trump was obviously “inspired” by one of Michelle Obama`s speeches. “With passion, persuasion and strong self-confidence, we take our next steps in the world and remind ourselves that first impressions are not always correct,” Elle Woods said during her graduation speech at Harvard Law School at the end of the first film Legally Blonde. Among other possible endings, she and Emmett share a kiss and Vivian dyeing her hair blonde before forming a “Blonde Legal Defence Club” on campus with Elle. After President Donald Trump delivered his recent keynote address at Liberty University, the businessman-turned-politician was called for his hypocritical comments about religion. Look at the comparison of Jimmy Fallon`s two speeches and decide for yourself. However, in a recent segment, Jimmy Fallon presented an interpretation of the same speech. Thanks to clever editing, parts of the keynote speech at the end of the 2001 film Legal Blonde look eerily similar. In a direct comparison of the images from the speech and excerpts from the film with Reese Witherspoon, Fallon pointed out the overlap between the two. Donald Trump – or more likely his speechwriter – may have been inspired by Legally Blonde for the US president`s recent speech. And while not all of these words appear in exactly the same order in Trump`s speech, the folks on The Tonight Show collected enough platitudes to reconstruct a line almost of the moment, citing “passion,” “courage in your convictions,” and “true to yourself” as key factors in “going out into the world.” The kicker? When Elle Woods shouts, “We did it!” Trump repeats, “I did it,” a secondary note that actually existed in the speech.
Once the clip is over, you can see Fallon, actor Jeffrey Tambor and the Questlove of the Roots, who look completely confused. “What`s going on!?, asks the late-night host. And just as Elle shouts at the end of her speech, “We did it!”, at the end of Trump`s “I Did It,” he apparently said he was satisfied with his own efforts. Related: There`s Another Way Donald Trump Gets Removed from Office Ms. Woods: On our first day at Harvard, a very wise professor quoted Aristotle: “The law is a dispassionate reason.” Well, Aristotle is not offended, but during my three years at Harvard, I discovered that passion is a key ingredient in the study and practice of law – and of life. With passion, persuasion and strong self-confidence, we take our next steps in the world and remember that the first impression is not always good. You always have to trust people. And above all, you must always believe in yourself. “I`ve been waiting 20 years for someone to disclose this,” Cauffiel joked. mp3 audio provided by Reese Witherspoon and Holland Taylor “The first end was Elle and Vivian in Hawaii in beach chairs, drinking margaritas and holding hands. The clue was that they were either best friends or that they had met romantically,” said Jessica Cauffiel, who played one of Elle`s friends. Other conceived endings were: a kiss between Luke Wilson`s Elle and Emmett, the love interest of her character in law school; and a scene in which Selmas Vivian forms a blonde legal defense club with Elle on campus after dyeing her hair.