"From "is butter a carb?" to "stop trying to make fetch happen!", Rachel McAdams gave us plenty of iconic quotes when she first donned her tank top and mini skirt to stepped into the polished pink pumps of Mean Girls' Regina George. In fact, it's easy to forget that Regina is actually the villain of the hit teen comedy, and that viewers might not love-to-hate her but just straight-up loathe her."
""I didn't know how hated she would be and for how long," she said. Of course, anyone who knows Tina Fey's cult film knows that Regina does meet her comeuppance in the end and is hit by a bus after inciting a riot at her high school. The moment is shocking, but only makes you root for Regina even more."
"While the 2024 Mean Girls film, which also featured original songs, had heaps of Noughties nostalgia and nods to the original film, one joke didn't make the cut after its original star Lindsay Lohan was left "very hurt and disappointed" by its inclusion. In a scene that was later given the chop, rapper Megan Thee Stallion appears in a social media montage, where she comments on Cady's Christmas-themed talent show outfit. "Hot girls, we are going back red. Y2K fire crotch is back,""
Rachel McAdams was surprised by the intensity and longevity of hatred toward her Mean Girls character, Regina George. Audiences cheered when Regina was struck by a bus, and reactions ranged from enthusiastic celebration to emotional protest from close viewers. Mean Girls became a pop culture phenomenon that spawned Broadway and West End adaptations and inspired a 2024 remake. The recent remake leaned into Noughties nostalgia and original songs, but one joke was removed after original star Lindsay Lohan felt very hurt and disappointed. A cut scene reportedly featured Megan Thee Stallion commenting on a Christmas-themed outfit with the line "Hot girls, we are going back red. Y2K fire crotch is back,"
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