Lizzy Caplan Says This Celeb Almost Played Janis In 'Mean Girls' Instead

"Lizzy Caplan almost wasn't Lindsay Lohan's feisty BFF Janis Ian in , which, indeed, would not have been fetch. In a new interview on the Podcrushed podcast, the actor opened up about her auditions for the iconic 2004 film, stating she had to "fight" to get the role and revealing who the film studio wanted to cast as Janis instead."

"However, to be considered for the role of Janis Ian, she actually had to try out for a different character first. "Everybody had to audition, I think, for one of the two main [characters]: Cady, the Lindsay Lohan part, or the Rachel McAdams part," she explained. From there, the casting team separated all of their contenders for different roles into groups for callbacks."

"Caplan didn't specify which part she auditioned for first, but from the beginning, she always wanted to play Janis. Even though she received a callback, there was a stumbling block along the way. "I went in, and they were resistant to casting me," she said. "Somebody reminded me of this recently: the studio wanted Kelly Osbourne to play that role.""

"Given how Osbourne mastered the punk-rock look in 2003, it's not hard to see why she was the first pick. To convince the casting team that she could pull off Janis' look, Caplan sought help from a Canadian hairstylist. "We went to Hollywood Boulevard and put on dark wigs and just anything to send them screen grabs of me looking like a goth kid," she said."

Lizzy Caplan faced a very long audition process and intensely wanted the role of Janis Ian. She initially auditioned through the casting structure that required contenders to try for major parts and attend grouped callbacks. Caplan encountered resistance from the casting team and learned the studio initially preferred Kelly Osbourne for the Janis role. To convince the team, she collaborated with a Canadian hairstylist, donned dark wigs on Hollywood Boulevard, and sent screen grabs to demonstrate the look. Caplan persisted, fought hard through the process, and ultimately received the call that she had secured the role.

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