It has been ten quick years since the Tina Fey comedy came out.
As an avid fan of the movie you can probably quote every line, but here are some facts you may not have known about an iconic movie of our generation.
1. Producers originally decided that Amanda Seyfried would be cast as Cady with Lindsay Lohan as Regina. Lohan was worried about the public associating her image with the “mean girl” character in real life. Rachel McAdams was later cast in the role as Regina and Lacey Chabert always had the role of Gretchen Wieners.
2. Rachel McAdams (Regina George) wears a blonde wig in the film, most likely made out of her mom’s chest hair.
3. Mean Girls was even referenced by the White House once in a tweet that said, "Bo, stop trying to make fetch happen."
4. Regina's name is symbolic. It means "queen" in Latin, French, and Italian, which is why the name was given to the Queen Bee.
5. Rachel McAdams (Regina) is only seven years younger than Amy Poehler who plays her mother. McAdams is also eight years older than Lindsay Lohan (Cady) even though they play high schoolers of the same age.
6. Singer Mariah Carey is a huge fan of the movie and directly quotes Mean Girls in the intro to her song “Obsessed”.
7. Tim Meadows (Mr. Duvall) had broken his hand before the movie began shooting so his carpal tunnel was written into the script because Meadows needed to wear a cast.
8. The legendary character of Glen Cocco is based off of a good friend of Tina Fey. Will the real Glenn Cocco please stand up?
9. The real Janis Ian, a singer and songwriter, is a lesbian.
10. Ashley Tisdale originally auditioned for the role of Karen Smith.
11. Ana Gasteyer (Mrs. Heron) actually attended Northwestern, the university at which her character is tenured.
12. Tina Fey's character Mrs. Norbury was named after one of her high school German teachers.
13. Jonathon Bennett was cast as Aaron Samuels because he resembled Tina Fey's close friend Jimmy Fallon.
14. For the Christmas talent show, the tacky plastic skirts worn by the quartet are meant to represent the Plastics.
15. During the North Shore school dance, "Built This Way" is played, and upon hearing it, Cady exclaims "I know this song!" Samantha Ronson co-wrote and performed the song and was later confirmed to be dating Lohan.
16. Cady is named after Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a 19th-century woman's rights activist, and it is meant to tie into the female empowerment theme of the movie.
17. Damian is named after one of Tina Fey's friends whom she met as a teenager at a summer theater workshop. The moral of the story is if you know Tina Fey you will probably end up having a character named after you. That is so fetch!
