Mean Girls is now on Netflix and there are hopes of a possible sequel – but what happened to the famous cast since the film was released in 2004?
Where would many of us be without the cultural influence of Mean Girls.
It’s been nearly 17 years since we were introduced to the ‘Plastics’, ‘fetch’, the ‘Burn Book’ and wearing pink on Wednesdays.
With the film arriving on Netflix this week, a new generation of fans will get to watch Cady Heron finding her way into the school’s hottest clique.
One of the most quotable movies of all time, Tina Fey’s scathing critique of American high schools developed a cult following and led to references being scattered across pop culture.
Mariah Carey wrote a song in tribute to the film using lines as lyrics and even US President Barack Obama once shared a hilarious Mean Girls meme.
There was a made-for-TV sequel made in 2011 that many people don’t want to talk about – but fans are desperate to find out what happened next to Cady and her nemesis Regina George.
Lindsay Lohan – Cady Heron
Mean Girls has become a pop culture phenomenon
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Despite everything that’s been written about the film over the last 15 years – there’s a lot you might not know about.
Some of the stars have gone on to become Hollywood A-listers and millionaires, while others peaked with the hit movie.
There was also famously a downward spiral for one of the leading ladies – Lindsay Lohan.
Despite it being released in 2004, the cast have remained good friends ever since and even had a virtual reunion in lockdown last year.
“It still feels like we know each other so well because we spent so much time with each other and we discussed how it’s been working with each other that it’s been, you know, so continuous over the years that it feels like we’re all still good friends, which was really nice, to catch up with everyone,” said Lindsay.
With hopes of a sequel coming soon – here is what the cast have been up to since Mean Girls.
Lindsay Lohan played new girl Cady Heron
A child star, Lindsay Lohan had just come off the back of Freaky Friday when she joined the cast of Mean Girls.
She played new girl Cady Heron, who was trying to find her feet at high school after moving from Africa to America.
Cady fell in with the Plastics and was initially trying to bring them down, but she soon enjoyed being the new popular girl.
However, Cady realised popularity comes at a price and discovered what was really important in life by the end of the movie.
This was Lohan’s first non-Disney film and saw herself become a household name due to the success of the movie.
Despite landing odd movie roles after Mean Girls, she went into a downward spiral and her career never really recovered.
Lindsay says she’s still friends with her Mean Girls co-stars
Lindsay says she’s still friends with her Mean Girls co-stars (
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Her first arrest for drink-driving came in 2007 and Lindsay spent years battling addiction issues and legal problems – spending time in prison and rehab.
In a candid interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2013, the actress admitted she was an addict and had battled both booze and illegal drugs.
Lindsay’s life has since got back on track and she has appeared in a number of smaller acting roles.
She claims to have written an outline for the plot of a potential Mean Girls sequel herself and has been trying to get original movie writer Tina Fey on board.
“Mean Girls 2 would be great, it’s something I’ve always interested in doing… it has such a great cult following it, would be wonderful to do something else,” she said in 2017.
“All of us should have kids, like a Housewives of…” she continued, suggesting a Real Housewives inspired outline.
Rachel McAdams – Regina George
Regina George was the original high school bully (
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The name Regina George sends shivers down the spine.
The original high school bully made everyone else’s lives a misery until she was eventually hit by a bus.
Regina ‘s perfect long blonde hair made her the envy of the whole school and even many movie fans, but it was all fake.
The secret finally got out that actress Rachel McAdams was actually wearing a wig designed in Canada made out of real human hair – costing filmmakers around $10,000.
Apparently the reason they had to resort to fake hair is that Rachel didn’t want to bleach her natural locks to play the uber-blonde bully.
Rachel has gone on to be a staple of rom-coms, starring in The Notebook, The Vow, About Time and The Time Traveller’s Wife.
Rachel McAdams is a mega Hollywood player now (
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Becoming a Hollywood mega-star, the actress has also appeared in Wedding Crashers, Sherlock Holmes and Marvel superhero film Dr Strange.
Rachel remembers her time in Mean Girls fondly and would love to reprise her role as Regina.
“It would be fun to play Regina George later in her life and see where life took her,” she said.
“Let’s hope Mean Girls has helped girls to be nicer to each other, not the other way around
“It’s really bizarre. I feel really lucky to have been a part of something that’s stuck around, even a little bit. That was never anything I imagined happening in life. So yeah, it’s strange and surreal still.”
Amanda Seyfried has had some incredible success (
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Speaking in January this year, Amanda teased a possible sequel by saying she wants to “get back to Karen”.
Speaking about her iconic role to Variety, Amanda explained she had only done soap operas before so was daunted and excited.
“But I never had any expectations of anything,” Seyfried said of the experience.
“I was just glad to be working as an actor, getting paid to speak actual dialogue — as opposed to being in the background.”
Lacey Chabert – Gretchen Wieners
Lacey Chabert has appeared in many more movies (
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Lacey is very keen for a Mean Girls sequel and predicted what her character would be doing now.
In a recent interview, Chabert spoke about Mean Girls reunion which took place earlier in the year.
“We didn’t talk about [a sequel] in the reunion, but I think I know most of us would definitely entertain that thought,” she explained.
“I mean, playing Gretchen was one of the most fun characters I’ve ever played. I would love to see what she’s doing now.
“I feel like Gretchen is running the toaster strudel empire and she probably ended marrying Jason and they probably have like six babies.”
