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Reneé Rapp talks about her exit from “The Sex Lives of College Girls” and being cast in the musical adaptation of “Mean Girls.”
While filming the third season of the Max series, Rapp announced that she was leaving the show to pursue her singing career. In a new interview, Rapp opened up about the work environment she finds herself in following her exit from the Mindy Kaling-created series.
“The people in my life that I work with now care about me as a person,” she told Vanity Fair. “And I think that’s different than things I’ve experienced in the past.”
Rapp is the queen bee of Mean Girls with Regina George. The singer-songwriter recalled that when she was offered the role, she was “exhausted and really angry and sad and bullied.”
“I thought, 'I hate the industry,'” she said. However, when Tina Fey offered her the role in the musical, “she was really excited,” adding, “I have a fresh start.”
Rachel McAdams originated the role of Regina George on the big screen, but Rapp says she has a new take on the character.
“I am a serial flirt. So I flirt with everyone, especially the girls, right? I have a bitchy attitude, so I'll be bitchy. I’m also very dry, so she’ll be dry,” she said.
About working with Fey, Rapp said: “A lot of people talk about empowering women and being a f***ing feminist. And behind the scenes, that's really not the case. And I think Tina is as good a person as she is hilarious and intelligent.”