‘mean girls’ facts you probably didn’t know on occasion of the movie turning 20 today ୨ৎ

by vintageseashell

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  1. Uxie_mesprit on

    Everyone was perfectly cast. I can’t imagine anyone else in any of these roles. Blake Lively especially would’ve been terrible as Karen.

    Edit: James Franco getting fired makes my heart warm.

  2. Visible_Writing7386 on

    I agree with every decision they made, but that wig is not worth $10,000 💀

  3. vintageseashell on

    context :

    1. the movie was originally going to be called “homeschooled”.

    2. blake lively was originally going to play karen, but then they contacted amanda saying she fit the role better.

    3. james franco was cast as aaron samuels but was fired 3 days after the table reading. then they called jonathan bennett.

    4. the louis vuitton purses in the movie were all fake.

    5. lindsay lohan originally wanted to play regina, but her team thought it wouldn’t go well with her audience. since she had usually played a ‘good girl’ persona.

    6. rachel mcadams was wearing a $10,000 wig while playing regina george.

    7. ashley tisdale auditioned for the role of gretchen weiners.

    8. mean girls was amanda seyfried’s first actual movie role.

    9. rachel mcadams originally wanted to play cady, but while reading she made lindsay lohan nervous so they thought she would fit better for regina.

    10. amy poehler was only 7 years older than rachel mcadams, yet she played as her mom.

    11. damian’s “i want my pink shirt back” line was improvised and tina fey left it in the movie.

    12. janis ian’s look was modeled after kelly osbourne.

    13. most of gretchen weiner’s hair was a wig.

    14. mean girls was going to be rated R, and the original line to this scene was “masturbated with a hot dog”, but they decided they wanted the film to reach a broader audience.

  4. I remember thinking Rachel Mcadams looked older in the Hot Chick even though it was made before Mean Girls. Like I questioned if it was the same actress. I’d say that $10,000 wig worked out well.

  5. If Ashley tisdale was casted I imagine she would have played the role like how she played Candace on Phineas and Ferb

  6. Majestic_Sail2596 on

    Mean Girls was filmed at my high school in Toronto when I was in grade 10 for the outdoor scenes, the indoors was filmed at a different school 😎

  7. saturn_eloquence on

    That last one lol I always thought “made out with a hot dog” made no sense. Now it makes sense.

    What a classic movie.

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