In 2004, Lindsay Lohan went from a Disney girl to a well-known teenager thanks to her role in Mean Girls. In the acerbic comedy, Lohan played the innocent Cady, who finds herself facing the jungle of a high school after a period of homeschooling. Over the years, the film became a cult film for the demographic that appreciated it in theaters and for those who followed it, so much so that now, two decades later, there is a new version with a touch of the musical. With a new generation at the helm, Lohan is still present, not just in spirit but also in flesh: she makes a small cameo at the end. A cameo in a sequence that lasts a few minutes, but in which she appears for a few seconds. And for which, as has now been revealed, he received half a million dollars.
The figure was not disclosed by the actress herself or by Paramount, the film's studio – both declined to comment on the matter – but sources close to both parties disclosed it to Variety, a major and most trusted entertainment media, confirmed in Hollywood. Lohan, who was one of the main backers of this remake, barely spent half a working day shooting a film that, moreover, was not even released in theaters and was supposed to go straight to the Paramount+ platform. However, previous screenings aimed at the target group have shown interest in it, particularly in the 35-year-old age group. In fact, Lohan's secret appearance was highly celebrated by this section of the public. The studio managed to keep it a secret until the premiere.
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(Warning: spoiler paragraph). In her appearance, the 37-year-old interpreter is hosting a math championship at North Shore High School, a competition in which the current Cady, played by Angourie Rice, participates and easily interacts with. There are also a few sentences that allude to the original film; If there is a tie between the teams, he comments: “That has only happened once before.”
“Mean Girls” screenwriter and actress Tina Fey with Lindsay Lohan, star of the original 2004 film, at the premiere of the 2024 “remake” on January 8 in New York. EDUARDO MUNOZ (Portal)
To film “Mean Girls,” the actress moved to the United States as she has lived in Dubai for a decade, now with her husband, Kuwaiti banker Bader S. Shammas, whom she secretly married in July 2022, and his son Nur Ein A year later a boy named Luai was born. He also attended the film's grand premiere on January 8th in New York, for which he flew from his current home specifically. There she was photographed with Angourie Rice, the 23-year-old Australian actress who takes on the role of the new Cady, and Tina Fey, actress and comedian and screenwriter of both films (and the 2018 Broadway musical). and who plays a role in both 2004 and the current one, that of Professor Norbury.
He was also right there with Fey during half the day of filming, which he spent in the studio. The film's co-director, Samantha Jayne, told IndieWire that both actresses met there and that “it was beautiful.” “Lindsay was wonderful with the cast, wonderful with Angourie. He also trusted us a lot. We told him the idea: “We want you to make a big entrance, we think the audience will have a lot of fun with it.” “We told her exactly when the camera would arrive and they would look into the audience and the championship Jayne herself – who co-directed the film with her husband, partner and colleague Arturo Pérez Jr. – said that it was very exciting for her to learn that Lohan would be making a cameo appearance and that she would be on Set would be. “I have a 14-year-old girl inside me,” he joked in an interview. “And I exploded with joy and disbelief. We were literally counting the days. I didn't really know how to behave as a director and do my job. But we did it, we got through it. Because I got over my pure, unbridled emotion and was able to talk to her. “It was great, very warm.”
Lohan appeared in very few film and television projects in the last decade. Precisely since Mean Girls in 2004, her life took a turn and, just 19 years old at the time, she became a young woman in the sights of the paparazzi who followed her on every one of her outings and parties with friends like Paris.Hilton. In 2014, tired of being in the public eye and going back and forth to rehabilitation centers, she moved to Dubai to live, where she continues to work on very select projects, such as an episode of a television series or an appearance in a talk show. , to commercials (like the one he did for Walmart a few months ago with the old Mean Girls casting, excluding Rachel McAdams) or a Christmas movie, like last year.
The musical film “Mean Girls” is a box office success. The cost of $17 million has already been more than covered. Last Friday, January 12th, it was released in much of the world – although in some countries it will be released at the end of the month or in February – it only has it in the United States (with a long weekend, since Monday is a holiday was) more revenue grossed over $28.6 million and another five more worldwide. Its advertising floods billboards, buses and even banks in many cities across the country, and even the AMC cinema chain (the largest in the United States) has launched a special popcorn container for fans of the film, a box in the shape of a book that so-called Burn Book or Book of Evil, which costs $19.99 (18.3 euros). It was sold out in many cinemas. Nostalgia sells. Also Lindsay Lohan, but at what cost.