Busy Philipps joins Mean Girls musical movie as Regina George's 'cool mom'

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2 Mar 2023, 18:59

This is so fetch. She's not a regular mum, she's a cool mum. The Mean Girls musical movie is coming and the latest star to join the cast to play Regina George's toe-curling mother is Busy Philipps.

Girls5eva star Busy delighted fans and wrote on social media: "Obviously I’m not a regular mom…[sic]."

"You know something? I really never have been a regular mom…[sic] #meangirls."

She continued: "Reader, She cried (from happiness for once.) The Tina Fey universe IS so real and omg how did I end up in it? I'm grateful every day for her friendship and support."

Fans commented in their droves: "Iconic," and "Such perfect casting."

Signing up to the Paramount Plus project based on the 2004 film and 2018 Broadway show, the actress will be slipping into the high heels of June George alongside The Sex Lives of College Girls actor Renee Rapp as Regina George, Angourie Rice as Cady (Mare of Easttown), Bebe Wood (Love, Victor) as Gretchen Wieners and Senior Year's Avantika as Karen Smith.

Also starring is 30 Rock's Tina Fey who's back in her teaching boots as Ms. Norbury. In the iconic 2004 movie, comedian Amy Poehler took on the role set to be rebooted by Busy.

Original Mean Girls star Amanda Seyfried has delighted fans and said she would be keen for a cameo in the upcoming musical movie with her former co-stars. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight in February 2023, Seyfried said: "It's been a long legacy for Mean Girls, and I think we all kinda just need to hang."

Written and produced by Fey and SNL creator Lorne Michaels, Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. are set to direct.

Auli'i Cravalho, the voice actress behind 2016's Moana, will play Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan in the movie) and Damian (played by Daniel Franzese in the original).

The cast also includes Jenna Fischer (The Office) as Mrs. Herron, Cady's mum, Christopher Briney (The Summer I Turned Pretty) as Aaron Samuels and The Goldbergs star Tim Meadows is back as the original Principal Duval.

"I'm very excited to bring Mean Girls back to the big screen," Fey said in December 2022. "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."

Bring on The Plastics.

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