Mean Girls: Whatever Happened to Lindsay Lohan and the Cast of the 2000s Iconic Movie?

19 years later, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert have replaced Anguri Rice, Renee Rapp, Avantika Vandanapu and Bebe Wood in the film adaptation of the musical Mean Girls, inspired by Mark’s 2004 film Waters and the novel. Rosalind Wiseman.

Hitting theaters this Wednesday, January 10, Mean Girls, Lolita Before Me is directed by Samantha Jane and Arturo Perez Jr. and written by Tina Fey, who already worked on the original film.

The story follows Cady Heron, a new student who finds herself rubbing shoulders with the elite of the social food chain, popular girls called “Plastics”, led by Regina George and her minions Gretchen and Karen. But when Cady falls in love with Aaron, she doesn’t immediately realize she’s made a huge mistake, and her new friend quickly turns into an enemy. Cady decides to restore order with the help of her loser friends, Janice and Damian.

Having become a cult over time, the comedy Lolita, Despite Me, is updated here with a musical version. Here is a comparison of the characters from the original film and the 2024 version.

Row: Lindsay Lohan / Anguri Rice

Incarnated in 2004 Lindsay LohanKnown at the time for her dual role as the twins in Nancy Meyers’ The Four of Us and as My Mother in the comedy Freaky Friday, in which she starred alongside Jamie Lee Curtis, she plays Cady. Angur rice In the 2024 movie.

The 23-year-old actress has already appeared in The Nice Guys with Ryan Gosling, Sofia Coppola’s The Prey and the latest Spider-Man trilogy, where she plays high school student Betty Brant.

Warning, this section contains spoilers for Mean Girls

Lindsay Lohan, a leading actress in early 2000s family comedies, lost several roles due to her unsavory behavior and entered rehab.

In the early 2020s, Lindsay Lohan attempted a comeback with Netflix’s Christmas Time, a sci-fi film between the shadows and Gardel, a biopic about tango singer Carlos Gardel, which is set to begin filming soon. The 37-year-old actor makes a cameo appearance Girls in the woods and especially responds to Anguri Rice.

Regina: Rachel McAdams / Renee Rapp

After 19 years Rachel McAdamsThis is a singer Rene Rapp who takes on the role of plastic queen Regina George. A character that Renee Rapp has already played on stage after starring in the Broadway musical Regina since 2019. This is the first feature film of the 24-year-old young woman, who has already appeared in the TV series Sex Lives of College Girls.

In turn, after the movie Mark WatersRachel McAdams played a series of roles: the horror film Red Eye alongside Cillian Murphy, the sentimental mural Never Forget with Ryan GoslingSherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, Romances Out of Time, I Promise, Midnight in Paris, to Terrence Malick’s Marvel, the Marvel Doctor Strange movies and the True Detective series (Season 2).

If the original cast Lolita in spite of herself In November of last year, he met an advertising spot of an American chain of stores WalmartRachel McAdams refused to reprise her role because she was not interested in publicity.

Karen: Amanda Seyfried / Avantika Vandanapu

Obviously not the smartest of the plastic, but probably the funniest, the character Karen celebrated a generation. This role launched a film careerAmanda Seyfried. The young actor continues with the series Veronica Mars, in which he plays Kristen Bell’s best friend, and the series Big Love. Next we see her in Nick Cassavetes’ Alpha Dog and she plays Sophie, Meryl Streep’s daughter in the film adaptation of the cult musical Mamma Mia! The 38-year-old actor now has more than 50 films and series. In 2023, she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Mini-Series for The Dropout.

Only 18 years old (he wasn’t even born when the first movie came out) Avantika Vandanapu Takes the role of Karen in the new version. Actress and dancer (she won the second season of TV Hook Dance India Dance L’il Masters), Avantika has appeared in several Indian films and Disney Channel productions (The Future President’s Diary, Spin). On May 8, we will find him at the casting of the horror film Horrorscope.

Gretchen: Lacey Chabert / Bebe Wood

Already known for her role as Claudia in the series La Vie à Cinq, Lacey Chabert In 2004, she got the role of Gretchen Winners Lolita in spite of herself. The American actor continued his career on the small screen (Baby Daddy, Still the King) and appeared in a number of TV movies for American television, especially Christmas TV movies (Christmas in the Enchanted Castle, Love Always Comes Back to Christmas, Christmas at All Costs. !).

in turn Baby WoodThe interpreter of Gretchen 2.0 made her debut in front of the camera in the series at the age of 10. Submissions only. In 2012, she landed the role of Shania in Ryan Murphy and Alison Adler’s The New Normal and appeared in Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. Her most famous role is as Lake in the TV series Love, Victor, which was inspired by Greg Berlanti’s feature film Love, Simon.

Janice: Lizzy Kaplan / Auli Cravalho

Lizzy Kaplan began her career on the small screen at the age of 17. He will appear on Freaks and Geeks, then on Second Chance, Smallville, and Tru Calling: Countdown.

This is along with Janice’s role Lolita in spite of herself, that he’s taking his first steps on the big screen, but we’ll have to wait for Cloverfield to find him in a more substantial role. The young actor then skillfully combines cinema (Time Machine, 127 Hours, Allies) and television (True Blood, New Girl, Masters of Sex, Castle Rock). In 2023, he is in the casting of the TV series Fatal Liaison with Joshua Jackson.

This is Auli’i Cravalho, reprising her role as rebellious Janice in Mean Girls. Viewers have already seen him in the TV series Rise and Le Pouvoir, the Netflix movie All Together Now or the Disney + TV movies Crush and Darby and the Dead. But she is best known for voicing the Disney character in the original version of Moana.

Damian: Daniel Francese / Jacquell Spivey

Daniel Franzese plays the gay best friend of Damian, Janice and Cady. A role that also allowed the actor to perform after 10 years. In a column published in 2014 IndieWireDanielle Francese wrote about her character in Lolita Despite Me:You were proud, I was an unreliable actor. Your character became an icon that people looked up to… I wish I had a role model when I was a kid. It might have been easier growing up gay.”

A moving declaration of love for this character who became an icon for an entire generation. from Lolita in spite of herselfDaniel Franzese has alternated between TV series (Certainty, Looking For, The Road to Recovery) and film (War of the Worlds, I Spit on Your Grave), but has never managed – until now – to land the role of his career.

With Mean Girls, Jackel Spivey took his first steps in front of the camera, but the actor has been shining on the stage for 2 years. He won a Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Broadway Play for his portrayal of Usher.A strange loop“.

Aaron: Jonathan Bennett / Christopher Brynn

He is the “object” of the feud between Regina and Cady. Aaron was played by young host Jonathan Bennett in 2004. The latter appeared immediately Veronica Mars where he found Amanda Seyfried before starring in numerous TV movies. In 2015, we found him in the role of a teenager in the teen series Awkward. Like Lacey Chabert, the latter has also directed several Christmas TV movies: Christmas on Order, Christmas Nanny, Christmas at the Mitchells! and its sequel.

Actor Christopher Brine plays Aaron in Mean Girls. The latter is already known to teenage viewers for his role as Conrad in the TV series “The Summer I Became Pretty”. He will soon appear in Dalyland, where he stars alongside Ben Kingsley and Barbara Sukova.

Mrs. George: Amy Poehler / Busy Phillips

in 2003, Tina Fey – already the screenwriter of the first opus – he entrusts the role of Mrs. Giorgi, Regina’s mother, to his accomplice Amy Poehler. The two friends will then collaborate several times, be it in movies or on television. Actress, producer, screenwriter and director Amy Poehler has more than 65 works.

Fans of Dawson and Cougar Town will recognize her, Busy Philipps plays the role of the crazy mother in the new version. A standout actress on the small screen in the early 2000s, the busy Phillips has also appeared in TV series Emergency, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Vice Principals, Girls5Eva and supporting roles in film (FBI Fake Blondes Undercover, What Think Men, I Feel Beautiful).