• Lizzy Caplan stated she "fought so laborious" to be solid as Janis Ian in Imply Women.
• The actress stated that at one level, "the studio needed Kelly Osbourne" for the half as an alternative of her.
• Caplan stated that taking pictures Imply Women "scratched that school expertise itch" because the solid "lived within the lodge and it felt like a dorm."

Janis Ian virtually seemed very completely different within the unique Mean Girls.

Lizzy Caplan, who performed the lovable goth smartass within the 2004 comedy basic, stated that she fought an uphill battle to seem within the movie 20 years in the past. The Masters of Intercourse star stated that the audition course of for the Tina Fey–penned movie was "very, very lengthy" throughout an interview with Penn Badgley on Podcrushed.

"It was simply the funniest script I had ever learn," Caplan stated. "I needed to be in it so unhealthy. I fought so laborious after which it labored out."

With the intention to safe the function, nevertheless, Caplan first needed to audition for a distinct character. "All people needed to audition, I believe, for one of many two most important [roles]: Cady, the Lindsay Lohan half, or the Rachel McAdams half." The actress stated that the casting staff then "sorted" the auditioners into completely different teams for callbacks.

"I went in they usually have been immune to casting me," Caplan stated of behind-the-scenes figures, noting that one other entertainer was floated to play Janis. "Any individual jogged my memory of this just lately: the studio needed Kelly Osbourne to play that function."

Caplan additionally stated {that a} Canadian hairstylist stepped in to assist present a way of what the actress would appear to be as Janis. "We went to Hollywood Boulevard and placed on darkish wigs and simply something to ship them display screen grabs of me wanting like a goth child," she stated.

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The actress was thrilled when she lastly joined the movie. "I don't keep in mind how lengthy the method was, however I keep in mind getting the cellphone name and the place I used to be after I bought the cellphone name that I bought the half," she stated. "What number of instances has that basically occurred to you in your profession: that you simply simply need to rejoice and it's nothing however thrilling?"

Elsewhere within the interview, Caplan mirrored on the formative social experiences from the manufacturing of the teenager comedy. The entire thing was in Toronto for in all probability three months," she stated. "We lived within the lodge and it felt like a dorm, which, wanting again, was a extremely vital factor for me."

Caplan stated that the movie "scratched that school expertise itch" that she missed whereas pursuing her appearing profession. "All of my associates, I might go go to them in school they usually have been having these actually thrilling new experiences," she stated. "I used to be in Los Angeles, going to the grocery store at three within the morning, hoping that something would occur to me, like I might meet anyone and something would occur."

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Caplan stated that her time engaged on the film was "so enjoyable," and that she was notably pleasant with Daniel Franzese (Damian Leigh) and Jonathan Bennett (Aaron Samuels). "We had the best time, simply bombing round Toronto," she stated. "Simply being in a film felt like such an enormous deal to me on the time."

Take heed to Caplan's full dialog with Badgley above.

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