Recasting The Characters Of Mean Girls (If It Was Made Today)

Recasting The Characters Of Mean Girls (If It Was Made Today)

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With the Plastics, their mid-00s fashion, and iconic quotes, Mean Girls is a modern cult hit. If it got a reboot, who’s on your fantasy cast list?

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Recasting The Characters Of Mean Girls (If It Was Made Today)

A select few say that high school was a breeze, as they had a tight-knit friend group, found love, and participated in sports or other extracurriculars. But everyone else cringes when thinking about that time in life, which is why the 2004 movie Mean Girls was so relatable. Cady Heron’s (Lindsay Lohan) attempt to take down the Plastics while actually becoming a popular jerk is an iconic story.

With quotes like “that’s so fetch” and classic 2000s fashion, Mean Girls is always going to remain relevant, which is why it’s a fun exercise to imagine the movie being cast today. Who would play Cady Heron and her new friends — and enemies?

10 Principal Duvall: Jordan Peele

Recasting The Characters Of Mean Girls (If It Was Made Today)

Tim Meadows made audiences laugh as Principal Duvall, who isn’t exactly a motivational figure for students, but is hilarious nonetheless.

If Mean Girls was cast today, Jordan Peele would be fantastic as this character, as he started out in comedy with the beloved show Key and Peele with Keegan-Michael Key.

9 Aaron Samuels: Zac Efron

Recasting The Characters Of Mean Girls (If It Was Made Today)

Both Jonathan Bennett, who played the original Aaron Samuels, and Zac Efron have great hair, but that’s not the only quality that they have in common.

Aaron is easy to like and he’s a nice, normal person who doesn’t get caught up in the games that the other characters are playing. Efron has played a long list of characters who have the same vibe, and it would be easy to believe that he’s a handsome, popular guy who doesn’t need to try to get people to love him.

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8 Ms. Norbury: Kate McKinnon

Recasting The Characters Of Mean Girls (If It Was Made Today)

It would be fun to have another Saturday Night Live cast member play Ms. Norbury, the character originally portrayed by Tina Fey.

Kate McKinnon is always hilarious and she brings an intelligent energy to the characters she plays. Mrs. Norbury is pretty awkward and dorky, and McKinnon has such a wide range that she could definitely embody these qualities well.

7 Damian: Chris Colfer

Recasting The Characters Of Mean Girls (If It Was Made Today)

Glee fans loved watching Chris Colfer play Kurt and sing his heart out.

Damian (portrayed by Daniel Franzese) is one of the most important characters in Mean Girls. He shows Cady the ropes while also being obsessed with the Plastics. Colfer would be perfect in this role as he’s adorable and loveable and it’s easy to picture him chatting with Janis and Cady about how to get in with the Plastics and make life miserable for them.

6 Janis Ian: Zendaya

Recasting The Characters Of Mean Girls (If It Was Made Today)

Janis Ian and Damian are best friends, although they want to climb their high school’s social ladder more than they admit… even to themselves.

Portrayed by Lizzy Caplan in the original movie, Janis Ian needs a strong actress who can handle a role that is both dramatic and comedic. Zendaya would be perfect in this part. She led the HBO series Euphoria and proved that she can take on a super serious role, and while Janis isn’t such a dark character, she needs to be played by someone with some depth and intelligence.

5 Mrs. George: Amy Schumer

Recasting The Characters Of Mean Girls (If It Was Made Today)

It’s tough to improve on Amy Poehler, who portrayed Regina’s hilarious mom who was desperate to fit in with her daughter and be a “cool mom.”

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This role deserves an incredibly funny actress who can play ditzy and naive. Almost anything that Amy Schumer says is hilarious, and she would be great here.

4 Karen Smith: Hilary Duff

Recasting The Characters Of Mean Girls (If It Was Made Today)

Hilary Duff has often played ditzy but charming characters, such as book editor Kelsey Peters on the Darren Star comedy Younger.

Duff could definitely take on the role of Karen Smith in Mean Girls. The character, originally played by Amanda Seyfried, often appears wide-eyed and innocent, but she’s more aware of what’s going on than she lets on.

3 Gretchen Wieners: Aisha Dee

Recasting The Characters Of Mean Girls (If It Was Made Today)

Aisha Dee plays Kat Edison on The Bold Type. Kat is a confident and strong character who always stands up for what she believes in. This actress would be incredible as Gretchen Wieners, the character played by Lacey Chabert who goes off the deep end after following in Regina George’s footsteps for such a long time.

Gretchen is responsible for many of the best Mean Girls quotes and Dee could deliver these lines flawlessly.

2 Regina George: Emma Roberts

Recasting The Characters Of Mean Girls (If It Was Made Today)

While it’s hard to imagine anyone other than Rachel McAdams playing Queen Bee Regina George, as she is absolutely flawless as this evil high schooler, Emma Roberts has proven that she has the acting chops to play mean characters.

Roberts channeled some Regina George vibes when she played Chanel on Scream Queens and she would do a perfect job as this iconic character.

1 Cady Heron: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is perfect as Devi in the Netflix comedy Never Have I Ever.

Ramakrishnan could balance Cady Heron’s character well, as she’s sweet and innocent in the beginning and becomes much meaner in the second half of the film. This mirrors Devi, who can be a less-than-perfect pal. It would be awesome to see Ramakrishnan carry a movie like Mean Girls.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/mean-girls-fantasy-reboot-cast-wish-list/

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