Yahoo Finance Tina Fey Reveals Why “Mean Girls” Original Cast Reunion Didn’t Happen in Musical: ‘They’re Busy People’
"We tried and we all love each other," Fey shared with 'The New York Times' in a new interview
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Tina Fey (L), 2004's "Mean Girls" movie poster (R)The Mean Girls musical film almost included its original four leading ladies.
In an interview with The New York Times published Wednesday, Tina Fey confirmed that there were talks about getting Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert to play small roles in the new film.
"We'll never know," said Fey when asked what their roles would've looked like in the film out on Friday. "They're busy people, so it didn't come together, but we tried, and we all love each other."
Fey wrote the original screenplay and starred alongside the ensemble cast as math teacher Ms. Norbury. She reprised her role in the new film and wrote its screenplay.
Her appeal to revisit the 2004 film, which also spawned a Broadway show, came from a state of gratitude.
"I have other things that I'd like to do. But I have so much gratitude that this movie seemed to stick with people," she told the Times. "When I look at it, I am reminded of how hard I worked on it in the first place. I feel like the bricks and mortar of it were the absolute best possible job I was capable of at the time. It's not perfect, but it holds water."
However, when asked if she would ever work on a sequel that brought back the original cast to play their characters as adults, she said that she has not really "thought much about that."
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Tina Fey and Lindsay Lohan at the premiere of "Mean Girls" held at AMC Lincoln Square on January 8, 2024 in New York City"To me, part of why the stakes are so high in the story is because everyone's so young and feelings are huge, love is huge and friendship is huge in a way [that it isn't with] middle-age moms. I love writing about middle-aged people, but I don't know," she told the outlet.
McAdams, who played Regina George in the original, confirmed that she was interested in appearing in the new screen adaptation while speaking to Variety in December.
"Tina [Fey] and I sort of dabbled with a few ideas, but it was tough to make it all work in the end," she told the publication.
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She also addressed why she didn't appear with Lohan, Seyfried and Chabert in November's Mean Girls-inspired Walmart commercial.
"I guess I wasn't that excited about doing a commercial if I'm being totally honest. I've never done commercials, and it just didn't feel like my bag," said McAdams. The Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret star noted that she also "didn't know that everyone" was participating in the ad.
"I would, of course, always love to be part of a Mean Girls reunion and hang with my Plastics. But yeah, I found that out later," she said.
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Avantika plays Karen Shetty, Angourie Rice plays Cady Heron, Renee Rapp plays Regina George and Bebe Wood plays Gretchen Wieners in new "Mean Girls" adaptationNever miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Lohan attended the premiere of the new film starring Avantika, Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, and Bebe Wood in New York City on Monday. When asked if she identifies as a "cool mom" after welcoming her son Luai over the summer, Lohan told PEOPLE exclusively with a laugh, "I hope so."
Mean Girls opens in theaters on Jan. 12.
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