Mindy Kaling Won Halloween By Dressing Up As Five Female Comedy Icons
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Mindy Kaling went all out for Halloween this year.
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The Mindy Project actor decided to dress up as three famous people and two fictional pop icons.
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“So I live for Halloween costumes,” she wrote on Instagram. “This year I decided to dress as a few female comedy legends in some of their iconic lewks.”
She added, “Can you guess who I am???”
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Mindy shared that she dressed up as Amber Ruffin, Ali Wong, Issa Rae, Elle Woods from Legally Blonde, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus's Veep character, Selina Meyer.
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“I don’t think you understand! ????????????????,” Issa commented, and Reese Witherspoon, who is known for playing Elle, said, “Amber / Ali / Issa / JLD / MEEEEEEEEEEE ?! ?! ??.”
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Ali also joked, “WHAAAAAA???!!!! ??????????????????,” while Amber wrote, “You are a sweet little honey beeeeeeeee! ??”
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Mindy didn’t come to play! Her Elle Woods costume has made me even more excited for Legally Blonde 3 to come out in May 2022.
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Mindy previously gushed about what it’s been like to work on the Legally Blonde 3 script during an interview with Access Hollywood.
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“I love the franchise so much,” she said.
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“I love Elle Woods as a character. And when Reese asked me if I wanted to write it, I was like, ‘Absolutely!’ I can’t wait to see what people think of the way we’ve written Elle Woods at 40.”
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Mindy really did a good job embodying Elle. She looked just like the sassy fashionista!
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