Busy Philipps plays June George in new ‘Mean Girls’ musical; The role originally went to Amy Poehler
Busy Philipps received the blessing of Amy Poehler to play June George in the new musical Mean Girls. Philipps revealed that the actress from A Mother for My Baby (2008) was “very happy” to see her secure the role (via people).
Although they didn’t talk about his performance in the feature film, Busy stated, “The understanding was that it would be totally different anyway, and we’re all friends.”
Philipps also confessed that she is “a big fan of the original film and Poehler’s performance.” Including the actress of The White Girls (2004) recalled that, “a few years ago”, he dressed up as the character from Amy for a Halloween party.
The musical premieres this Wednesday, 10th, and features Angourie Rice (Spider-Man: Homecoming) as Cady Heron, Renee Rapp (The Sexual Life of College Girls) as Regina George, Baby Wood (With Love, Victor) as Gretchen Wieners, Avantika (Diary of a Future President) as Karen Smith, Auli’i Cravalho (Moana: A Sea of ​​Adventure) as Janis Ian, Christopher Briney (The Summer That Changed My Life) as Aaron Samuels and the newbie Jaquel Spivey as Damian Hubbard.
Furthermore, Tina Fey returns as teacher norbury It is Tim Meadows as the director Duval. Ashley Park (Emily in Paris), Jenna Fischer (The Office) It is Jon Hamm (Mad Men) complete the cast.
Source: Rollingstone
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