Here’s the story behind [SPOILER]’s role in the new “Mean Girls” musical movie.
Warning: This post contains spoilers forMean Girls.
Going into the newMean Girlsmusical movie, fans knew to expect a familiar face or two.
Lindsay Lohan in ‘Mean Girls’.Paramount/ Everett
But there was one more familiar face that fans didn’t know to expect.
And who’s moderating the competition?
The original Cady Heron herself,Lindsay Lohan.
Cady meets Cady: Angourie Rice and Lindsay Lohan pose together at the ‘Mean Girls’ premiere.KENA BETANCUR/getty
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“Paramount was like, ‘Can you get any of the original ladies?
As great as they all are, she’s the heart of that movie.
And I thought, well, what could she do?
I didn’t think [she should] play a teacher.
I was trying to think of something that you wouldn’t expect.
It also lets her be smart, which Cady is.”
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“I was so nervous to meet her.
I was sick to my stomach,” Rice says.
“But it was so exciting because I love her performance inMean Girls.
I think she brings such an honesty to her performances and it’s just so special.
And so to meet her was crazy.”
Playing Cady immediately bonded the pair.
It’s something I’ve never experienced before."
Some might even call the whole experience… grool.
Mean Girlsis in theaters now.
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