Mean Girls (2024) - Behind the Scenes

never told anyone because I am such a good friend in 2004 we made the original movie and then sometime around 2017 18 we made the musical and now we are working on the Mean Girls movie I'm a huge fan of the original Mean Girls movie I actually had it on DVD growing up and it was one of the only like we had maybe three or four DVDs and that was one of um some of my earliest memories are of watching Mean Girls just over and over and over again and when you watch something that many times when you're that age it just gets stuck yeah it was just it was such a big deal and it remains such a big deal which I think is like a huge Testament to like how well done the film was um that like 20 years later it's just as popping as it was when it came out when I was a kid I remember walking around being like my name is Regina George you know like there there's a posture there's a stance and everyone knows the trio in pink and so that's immediately what came to mind and it's so fun having this adaptation one for a newer audience um if it came out in 20 2004 like it's truly another generation that gets to watch this film bringing Together cast of actors is one of my favorite parts of the process whether it's in film television stage I I love getting a chance to be a part of it and I'm so thrilled about this cast that have come together and Gary rice plays ktie um and gy is a very very smart talented Australian actress that people will know from many things she had that kind of deep intelligence that Katie needs to have K Katie needs to be very smart and and Gall really just delivers that and has great timing and is just kind of radiant on screen so that's our ctie yeah one of the biggest changes from the 2004 film is that now in 2024 we have social media and that is is one of the biggest differences between these two the the two ways in which we tell this story social media has a huge influence on the politics of high school and how the popular girls operate how the bullies operate BB wood is Gretchen and uh BB her tape just left off the screen when she auditioned for the movie it just was immediate to me and to Lauren Michaels we were like w there's Gretchen that's our Gretchen the reason that the movie is so relevant still is because it's just so honest I think the 2004 version perfectly encapsulates the time I think it perfectly encapsulates society and culture during that time and I think what was so special to see and I think integral to making the movie work today is making it honest to 2024 avanta plays um Karen and similarly we were like there's Karen she has this kind of innocent kind Co that Karen kind of needs to have Karen has always been my favorite character just because I think she's you know undeniably the nicest of the Mean Girls um and she's sweet and charismatic and kind and I I've loved her always and so to be able to take on I guess your favorite part from the movie is nothing short of a dream come true I think especially being South Asian I think it's also really quite amazing to be able to play character who's a little bit against the grain and a little bit against The Stereotype that Indians or South Asians typically tend to play and so I'm very excited to also be kind of perceived I guess in a new new more updated way and and to kind of break barriers in that sense I also excited to kind of bring something new to the character and and hopefully people can kind of look at it as a new spin on Karen jackwell Spivey is playing Damien uh I had seen jackwell in strange loop on Broadway and immediately thought like this guy is incredible he's carrying this whole show it's will be a surprise to no one that he's incredibly talented and hilarious and also has that kind of the warmth underneath uh Damen that you hope for him to have Damen really does care about his friend Janice he he cares about his friend Katie and so yeah jqu is amazing everybody has a Janice everybody has a Damon it's that one person that you can confide in the one person where you can say the most idiotic thing and they'll go along with it you you know what I mean and I think it's such a beautiful relationship because on paper these two probably wouldn't be friends they're probably the most opposite you know he's a social butterfly she's to herself he wants to sing and be loud she just wants to like crochet and draw and be her own little art freak but it works we we even each other out Ali Calo is playing Janice uh and she it's awesome she is also one of the most I don't know if you say telegenic if it's for film is she's cogenic but she is one of the most beautiful actors on screen her face is just you could just watch dailies of her for hours um and she brings the kind of uh fierceness that that Janice needs to have the underpinning of of resentment of what's been done to her in the past uh and you I you know you fully believe that she is an artist because Ali is an artist you know in her in her way um and uh gu she's killing it as Janice my character Janice I love how we've taken um kind of a previous iteration where she was goth and had like darker makeup and now she's fully like an art freak she doesn't care about um conforming to rules or conforming to any of the hierarchies or groups in high school and one of the most fun aspects of her look I think is her makeup um and I've been working with uh George who's been just so much fun and it's a collaborative process every day of well what are you wearing well what do you want to do should we add some sparkles you know and and i' I've really enjoyed just sticking rhinestones all over my face the queen bee Regina George um is a person that I've had the pleasure of working with in this role before which is Renee rap and Renee um did the show on Broadway I met Renee when she was 19 I think and we had seen her audition for the Broadway show and she wasn't sure if she wanted to do Broadway and Lauren Michaels and I um basically invited Renee to his office and we're like you need to do this you're you're You' be wasting your talent if you don't do a run at this before you launch your music career and thank goodness she said she would like to so she did an amazing run on Broadway as Regina George and then has now launched her incredible music career which is only going to continue to explode I believe she's uh already a fan favorite you know people love her they love um her voice they love her presence they love her core self which uh her Tik Tock presence which I think is good because you know Regina has to be a three-dimensional villain um and so you can't you don't want it to be a two-dimensional person that you hate and you kind of watch Renee come into these scenes and be scary but she's also kind of enthralling and you get the thing of like I do want her to like me I was so excited I was so excited and I felt like excited to be able to like do that role again cuz I think it's seldom do you get to like revisit things and I also get to revisit it in a different medium right like I think doing it on stage is its own beast but like I really love acting on camera now and that was something I hadn't done ever before when I was doing it on Broadway so it was exciting to feel like I could do that when we came time to find uh and Galler's mom in this case um uh I thought who is the only only living who are the only living actors that my own children care about and that is anyone affiliated with the office I did think like if I could get Jenna Fischer to play Ang's mom my children will finally respect me and thankfully Jenna wanted to do it uh and the other thing that's sort of crazy is I do think that Ang G and Jenna really look related they really could be related and again you know um to take on on a gaster part like that you need someone who has prop ER comic timing and also that you have to believe they're intelligent the way Anna is you have to believe that they are a scientist in the field and I think Jenna pulls that off as well it's funny when they offered me the role I thought why did they think of me for this you know it's been a while since I've been on camera I wonder why did I pop in their minds and then I Googled and gy and I was like oh that's why we look identical she actually looks like a grown-up version of my daughter it's I could imagine my daughter growing up to look like her so yeah it's very very similar I loved working with Jenna Fisher she plays my mom Mrs Heron and it was such a dream come true to work with her she is so kind and wonderful I've been a fan of hers for a long time and meeting her in person she's just got this warm loving energy that extends to everyone in her vicinity so I really felt like I really felt like she was another mother on set my friend byy Phillips um had the uh balls of steel that it required to say yes I will I will play Mrs George I will follow in Amy Po's footsteps and I have Amy's blessing I was about to do this we should do that but I did get Amy to bless the choice and she was like I think that's a great choice and again talk about a familial resemblance I really feel like byy and Renee rap could be related these girls are so Tal talented I had seen Renee and Mean Girls um on Broadway when she had taken over the part um and had watched this TV show that she's on just sort of like in preparation for coming to work with her and was sort of just I'm floored by her natural ability she's just incredibly gifted and uh and it's just natural you know it just comes so naturally to her and also I'm friends with Jenna Fisher forever I've known jna for a million years and when I first met andow I texted Jenna and I was like it's bizarre you guys she is a little you it's the casting is so good it's Mean Girls It's Hot it's sexy we care so much and we care about what we do and so we put our best foot forward just as Tina and Jeff and Eric and Micah and every single person did who worked on the project to make it the best version of what it could be so it's a musty because we're all very hot and we're all very enticed thing and the movie is good action and I never told anyone because I am such a good friend wait

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Id: oTowKaEEQZU

Length: 11min 17sec (677 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 05 2024