 Neither the confrontation with Warner outside the courtroom nor the  final graduation scene was a part of the original script. When the  movie was tested, audiences were so wrapped up in Elles story they  were disappointed that she never got her revenge on Warner, and they  also wanted to know what happened to her in the end (did she become  a lawyer after all?). The two scenes had to be shot in England  because Reese Witherspoon (qv) and Matthew Davis (I) (qv) were  both filming there (she was filming _Importance of Being Earnest,  The (2002)_, while he was filming another project) at the time.  During the graduation scene, only Witherspoon and Davis are actually  present. Shots of Jennifer Coolidge (qv), Selma Blair (qv),  Luke Wilson (I) (qv), and other supporting cast members were  filmed in LA and the whole thing was edited together later.