Rachel McAdams and Lindsay Lohan starred together in the classic teen comedy. Mean Girls and, according to the film’s director, the latter was a little intimidated by her co-star. The film follows Cody Heron at a new public school where she gets into drama with popular mean girl Regina George. Lohan played the title character and McAdams played the mean school girl.
On the film’s tenth anniversary, Mark Waters shared some behind-the-scenes details, revealing that both actresses were originally in contention for each other’s roles. In the same interview, he also revealed why Lohan was nervous about it. Notebook star.
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Lindsay Lohan was scared of Rachel McAdams
The 2004 teen comedy director Mark Waters spoke with Vulture on the film’s 10th anniversary to share some interesting behind-the-scenes stories. Speaking about the film’s stars, Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, he shared that Lohan was originally considered for the role of Regina George, while McAdams actually auditioned for the lead role in the film.
However, the director could not imagine About the time star as Cody, as he thought she was too old for the role. “I told her, ‘I think you’re a movie star, but you’re too old for the character.'” he shared. Later, Freaky Friday The star was cast in the lead role, with McAdams landing the role of Regina.
Waters said that every time Lohan had to film a scene with McAdams, she was very shy. The director said the Oscar nominee was an older and experienced actress who was completely focused on her work and seemed to bully her co-star.
“She would come into the room and not talk to Lindsey.” he said before adding: “Lindsay was nervous around her.The director took this into account, believing it would be a deciding factor in casting, as McAdams’ experience and presence made her more suitable for the role of Regina.
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Rachel McAdams almost lost it Mean Girls The role of Amanda Seyfried
During an interview with Vulture, Mark Waters also revealed that Amanda Seyfried, who plays The Plastics member Karen Smith, was also considered for the role of Regina George. The director shared that Seyfried “neck and neck for the role of Regina.” He said,
“She auditioned for Regina and was kind of brilliant, and her approach was very different from Rachel’s. She played it in a much more ethereal but still scary way.”
Waters shared that while she stood out in the audition, her version of Regina George wasn’t as intimidating as Rachel McAdams’ version. However Oh mom! the star was still able to join Mean Girls squad after she read for the role of Karen Smith. “So she came and read it and made it happen and we got the best of both worlds.” That Mean Girls said the director.
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