Photo: Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection, Jamie McCarthy/GettyAmanda SeyfriedsaysBlake Livelyalmost wound up playing Karen Smith in 2004’sMean Girls!During a video interview withVanity Fairpublished Wednesday, Seyfried, 37, said that she believes she was cast in the role because she “played that person in high school in order to stay out of the drama” beforerecalling the specifics of her audition.“I’d first auditioned for Regina, and I’d flown out to L.A. for the first time with my mother. It was very exciting,” Seyfried, who was 17 at the time, said of her first film role. “I met [Gretchen Wieners actress]Lacey Chabertfor the first time, andLindsay Lohanwas in the room and Blake Lively was playing Karen, and then I was Regina.““I flew home, and they were like, ‘You know what, let’s — we think you’re more correct for Karen,’ so I was like, ‘Oh, God, okay, sure,’ " she added of the casting process.Mean Girlscasting director Marci Liroff once toldCosmopolitan UKthat while the production initially wanted Lively, who had not yet rose to fame for 2005’sSisterhood of the Traveling Pants, to play Karen, producerLorne Michaelsultimatelysuggested casting Seyfriedin the role.CBS”[Lively] came down to the final tests but, at some point, some of the filmmakers said to keep looking,” Liroff said during a 2019 interview with the outlet. “Amanda Seyfried had read for Regina and we really liked her but then Lorne suggested, ‘Why don’t we make her Karen?’ “Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.In December, Seyfried andMean Girlscostar Lohan, 36,reunited for a chatforInterviewmagazine in which the pairgot candid about their hit 2004 comedy, which follows Lohan as Cady, a teenager raised in Africa who gets a rude awakening when she is introduced to life at an American high school.“I would kill just to do one week, all of us playing our own roles onMean GirlsonBroadway,” Seyfried said during the conversation, to which Lohan responded: “That would be really fun.“Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Seyfried inMean Girls(2004).CBS via Getty Images"Because aMean Girls2is never going to happen, is it?” Seyfried asked.While Lohan admitted she “[doesn’t] know” about a potential sequel, she noted, “I heard something about it being a movie musical and I was like, ‘Oh no.’ We can’t do that. It has to be the same tone.““Listen, we’re all part of each other’s worlds whether we like it or not, and it is really nice to be in contact as adults,” Seyfried added during the conversation.“Yeah, everyone’s still the same,” Lohan agreed. “It’s fun to have certain memories that we can’t share with anyone else.”
Photo: Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection, Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Amanda SeyfriedsaysBlake Livelyalmost wound up playing Karen Smith in 2004’sMean Girls!During a video interview withVanity Fairpublished Wednesday, Seyfried, 37, said that she believes she was cast in the role because she “played that person in high school in order to stay out of the drama” beforerecalling the specifics of her audition.“I’d first auditioned for Regina, and I’d flown out to L.A. for the first time with my mother. It was very exciting,” Seyfried, who was 17 at the time, said of her first film role. “I met [Gretchen Wieners actress]Lacey Chabertfor the first time, andLindsay Lohanwas in the room and Blake Lively was playing Karen, and then I was Regina.““I flew home, and they were like, ‘You know what, let’s — we think you’re more correct for Karen,’ so I was like, ‘Oh, God, okay, sure,’ " she added of the casting process.Mean Girlscasting director Marci Liroff once toldCosmopolitan UKthat while the production initially wanted Lively, who had not yet rose to fame for 2005’sSisterhood of the Traveling Pants, to play Karen, producerLorne Michaelsultimatelysuggested casting Seyfriedin the role.CBS”[Lively] came down to the final tests but, at some point, some of the filmmakers said to keep looking,” Liroff said during a 2019 interview with the outlet. “Amanda Seyfried had read for Regina and we really liked her but then Lorne suggested, ‘Why don’t we make her Karen?’ “Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.In December, Seyfried andMean Girlscostar Lohan, 36,reunited for a chatforInterviewmagazine in which the pairgot candid about their hit 2004 comedy, which follows Lohan as Cady, a teenager raised in Africa who gets a rude awakening when she is introduced to life at an American high school.“I would kill just to do one week, all of us playing our own roles onMean GirlsonBroadway,” Seyfried said during the conversation, to which Lohan responded: “That would be really fun.“Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Seyfried inMean Girls(2004).CBS via Getty Images"Because aMean Girls2is never going to happen, is it?” Seyfried asked.While Lohan admitted she “[doesn’t] know” about a potential sequel, she noted, “I heard something about it being a movie musical and I was like, ‘Oh no.’ We can’t do that. It has to be the same tone.““Listen, we’re all part of each other’s worlds whether we like it or not, and it is really nice to be in contact as adults,” Seyfried added during the conversation.“Yeah, everyone’s still the same,” Lohan agreed. “It’s fun to have certain memories that we can’t share with anyone else.”
Amanda SeyfriedsaysBlake Livelyalmost wound up playing Karen Smith in 2004’sMean Girls!
During a video interview withVanity Fairpublished Wednesday, Seyfried, 37, said that she believes she was cast in the role because she “played that person in high school in order to stay out of the drama” beforerecalling the specifics of her audition.
“I’d first auditioned for Regina, and I’d flown out to L.A. for the first time with my mother. It was very exciting,” Seyfried, who was 17 at the time, said of her first film role. “I met [Gretchen Wieners actress]Lacey Chabertfor the first time, andLindsay Lohanwas in the room and Blake Lively was playing Karen, and then I was Regina.”
“I flew home, and they were like, ‘You know what, let’s — we think you’re more correct for Karen,’ so I was like, ‘Oh, God, okay, sure,’ " she added of the casting process.
Mean Girlscasting director Marci Liroff once toldCosmopolitan UKthat while the production initially wanted Lively, who had not yet rose to fame for 2005’sSisterhood of the Traveling Pants, to play Karen, producerLorne Michaelsultimatelysuggested casting Seyfriedin the role.
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“[Lively] came down to the final tests but, at some point, some of the filmmakers said to keep looking,” Liroff said during a 2019 interview with the outlet. “Amanda Seyfried had read for Regina and we really liked her but then Lorne suggested, ‘Why don’t we make her Karen?’ "
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
In December, Seyfried andMean Girlscostar Lohan, 36,reunited for a chatforInterviewmagazine in which the pairgot candid about their hit 2004 comedy, which follows Lohan as Cady, a teenager raised in Africa who gets a rude awakening when she is introduced to life at an American high school.
“I would kill just to do one week, all of us playing our own roles onMean GirlsonBroadway,” Seyfried said during the conversation, to which Lohan responded: “That would be really fun.”
Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Seyfried inMean Girls(2004).CBS via Getty Images
“Because aMean Girls2is never going to happen, is it?” Seyfried asked.
While Lohan admitted she “[doesn’t] know” about a potential sequel, she noted, “I heard something about it being a movie musical and I was like, ‘Oh no.’ We can’t do that. It has to be the same tone.”
“Listen, we’re all part of each other’s worlds whether we like it or not, and it is really nice to be in contact as adults,” Seyfried added during the conversation.
“Yeah, everyone’s still the same,” Lohan agreed. “It’s fun to have certain memories that we can’t share with anyone else.”
source: people.com
