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Jonathan Bennettis teasing a potential return to theMean Girlsfranchise!
The actor, 41, chatted exclusively to PEOPLE about his possible involvement in the upcomingfilm adaptation of the Tony-nominated Broadway show, which is based on the original 2004 movie, during Saturday night’s 34th GLAAD Media Awards.
“There’s some talks going on about certain things,” the actor said on the red carpet when asked about any knowledge he has about the upcoming film. “Let’s just say that,” he added.
Bennett said that it is “so fun to be a part of a movie likeMean Girls, where so many people have such a good reaction and such a heartwarming feeling when they think about our movie, because it changed their lives in so many ways. It changed my life.”
The actor, whomarried Jaymes Vaughan in March 2022, also talked about how the movie was instrumental in highlighting the issue of bullying. “It made people realize what bullying was in high school. And in a lot of ways, I thinkMean Girlsis the first movie that actually showed what bullying was and brought it to light,” he told PEOPLE. “But they used comedy with Tina Fey’s amazing writing to be able to talk about it. And I think it was an important movie for so many reasons, but for to bring light to bullying.”
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The originalMean Girlsfilm, starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert and Amanda Seyfried, has become a cult classic since it premiered almost two decades ago, with numerous catchphrases and evenits own national day.
“I’m very excited to bringMean Girlsback to the big screen,“Fey said in a statement to Playbill at the time. “It’s been incredibly gratifying to see how much the movie and the musical have meant to audiences. I’ve spent 16 years with these characters now. They are my Marvel Universe, and I love them dearly.”
Mean Girls musical movie cast.Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock, Steve Granitz/FilmMagic, Jim Spellman/WireImage, Arturo Holmes/Getty
The main cast for the filmwas announced in December 2022, withSenior Yearactress Angourie Rice set to star as Cady Heron, whileSex Lives of College Girlsstar Renée Rapp will reprise her Broadway role as Regina George.
Auli’i Cravalho, the voice actress behind 2016’sMoana, will play Janis, and Jaquel Spivey, from Broadway’sA Strange Loop, will play Damian.
Avantika and Bebe Wood are set to play Regina’s Plastics cohorts, Karen and Gretchen, whileThe Summer I Turned Prettyactor Christopher Briney will play Aaron Samuels.
In February 2023, Fey announced thatshe and Tim Meadows would step back into their movie rolesas Ms. Norbury and Principal Duvall.
Additionally,The OfficealumnaJenna Fischer has been castas Cady’s mother and Busy Philippshas been cast as Mrs. George(who is not a regular mom, but a cool mom). In March 2023,Jon Hamm joined the cast as Coach Carr.
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Bennett isn’t the only original cast member to be rumored to make an appearance. In addition to Fey, 52, and Meadows, 62, reprising their roles, there have been reports that the originalMean Girlscast, including Lohan, McAdams, Chabert and Seyfried, could appear in the upcoming film.
Speaking withEntertainment Tonightin February, Seyfried, 37, noted that she andher former costarsare"100% into” making a cameo. “It’s been a long legacy forMean Girls, and I think we all kinda just need to hang,” she told the outlet.
source: people.com
