Lindsay Lohan & Original ‘Mean Girls’ Stars Reportedly Offered ‘Disrespectful’ Salary To Star In Musical Remake

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The upcoming Mean Girls movie remake based connected the Broadway philharmonic whitethorn not diagnostic the OG Plastics, according to a new Page Six report. The outlet claimed connected February 22 that Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert were fixed a “disrespectful” wage connection to look successful the Paramount+ film, and present “negotiations are stalled” implicit the deal. “Paramount Pictures doesn’t privation to wage the girls what they are worth,” a accumulation root told Page Six. “All 4 girls were consenting to travel back, but Paramount has not been respectful of what they are worth.”

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Page Six‘s root claimed that Rachel was “offered a larger part” to instrumentality for the movie philharmonic dissimilar Lindsay, Amanda, and Lacey, but adjacent her woody has yet to beryllium finalized. Tina Fey, who wrote some the movie and the musical, is returning arsenic Ms. Norbury for the Paramount+ film. The iconic comedian was reportedly offered “a seven-figure” woody to return, according to Page Six, who reported that Rachel and the different ladies’ connection was “a fraction” of what Tina’s making.

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Rachel, Lindsay, Amanda, and Lacey volition not beryllium reprising their roles from the archetypal movie if they bash instrumentality for the remake. Instead, Rachel’s relation arsenic Regina George has gone to Sex Lives of College Girls star Renee Rapp, who already played Regina successful the Broadway musical. Renee volition prima other Angourie Rice, Avantika, and Bebe Wood, who are playing Cady Herron, Karen Smith, and Gretchen Weiners, respectively.

“Whether they look successful a cameo quality oregon they person six pages of script, it doesn’t substance — [the wealth offered] is disrespectful,” Page Six‘s root besides said. Other than Tina, the lone different archetypal formed subordinate that’s officially signed onto the caller movie is Tim Meadows, who is backmost as Principal Duvall.

The different formed members appearing successful the remake see Auli’i’ Cravalho arsenic Janis Ian, Jacquel Spivey arsenic Damian Leigh, and Christopher Briney as Aaron Samuels. The Paramount+ movie is an adaptation of the Broadway amusement that was nominated for 12 Tony Awards. The amusement ran connected Broadway for 2 years until it closed successful March 2020 owed to the pandemic.

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