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'Mean Girls' cast 2024: Who plays Regina George, Cady Heron and The Plastics in new movie?
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Date:2025-04-11 17:25:02
Get in loser, "Mean Girls" is entering its 2024 era.
Tina Fey's adaptation of the Broadway musical, originally inspired by the 2004 film "Mean Girls," presents a new twist on the modern classic, touts Paramount Pictures, the production house behind the film.
Featuring Angourie Rice in the Lindsay Lohan role as Cady Heron, the film focuses on Heron, a new student as she navigates the social pitfalls of high school and falls for the ex-boyfriend of Regina George (Reneé Rapp), imperious leader of the A-list Plastics clique.
USA TODAY'S movie critic Brian Truitt gave the new musical ★★½ out of four, saying that the film "doesn’t really reproduce the stage show as much as it is a TikTok-themed redo of the 2004 Lindsay Lohan teen comedy – a film that was just fine the first time, thank you – with a smattering of show tunes."
"It’s not a bad thing, really, but mainly feels like an unnecessary one," says Truitt.
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Directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., “Mean Girls” 2.0 has been written by Tina Fey, who also makes an appearance in the film.
Here's everything you need to know about "Mean Girls," including the cast and who they are portraying.
'Mean Girls' release date
"Mean Girls" dropped in cinemas on Jan. 12.
Mean Girls cast
Angourie Rice as Cady Heron
Rice reprises Lindsay Lohan's iconic role as Cady Heron, a new student who moved from Kenya and struggled to fit in at her high school.
Who are 'The Plastics' in the new 'Mean Girls'?
Renee Rapp as Regina George
Rapp takes over from Rachel McAdams as the head of The Plastics.
Bebe Wood as Gretchen Wieners
Wood plays one half of Regina's minions, originally played by actor Lacey Chabert.
Avantika Vandanapu as Karen Shetty
Vandanapu plays the other half of Regina's minions, originally essayed by Amanda Seyfried.
Christopher Briney as Aaron Samuels
Regina George's ex-boyfriend and Cady Heron's crush Aaron Samuels is played by Briney. Jonathan Bennett played Samuels in the 2004 film.
Also featured
Auli’i Cravalho as Janis Ian
One of the outcasts, Janis is Cady and Damian's friend. Lizzy Caplan played Janis in 2004's "Mean Girls".
Jaquel Spivey as Damian
Another one of the outcasts, Damian is part of Cady and Janis' group. Daniel Franzese played Damian in 2004's "Mean Girls".
Tina Fey as Ms. Norbury
Tina Fey plays the school Math teacher Ms. Norbury in "Mean Girls".
Mrs. George
Amy Poehler played Regina George's "cool mom" in the 2004 film "Mean Girls," while Busy Phillips played the character in the recently released "Mean Girls".
Tim Meadows as Mr. Duvall
Mr. Duvall is the principal of North Shore High School.
Ashley Park as Madame Park
'Mean Girls' trailer
How to watch the 2004 'Mean Girls'
Lucky for fans, the OG "Mean Girls" is available to watch on YouTube for free with ads.
Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter @saman_shafiq7.
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