Busy Philipps Joins “Mean Girls: The Musical”

Busy Philipps at the CFDA Fashion Awards in 2018
Busy Philipps at the CFDA Fashion Awards in 2018. Photo by Matt Baron/REX/Shutterstock (9703354ac)

Mean Girls: The Musical is currently rounding out its cast, and the more we learn about it—the more excited we are! Busy Philipps is the latest star to join this promising project in the role of Regina George’s mother.

Philipps will portray Mrs. George, the mother of Plastics leader Regina, played by Renée Rapp in the new adaptation. This character was previously portrayed by Amy Poehler, who gave us many iconic quotes, including “I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom.”

Mean Girls: The Musical will be Philipps’ first major film project since I Feel Pretty in 2018. She’s mostly been focusing on TV projects in the meantime, most notably the hit Peacock musical comedy Girls5eva.

Philipps’ casting most likely means that Poehler won’t return for the musical adaptation, but this project will feature a few familiar faces, starting with Tina Fey and Tim Meadows. The rest of the cast will include Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika, Christopher Briney, Bebe Wood, and Jenna Fischer.

No news yet if the original leading ladies, including Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert, will return for Mean Girls: The Musical. Page Six recently reported they refused to come back due to a “disrespectful” money offer, but Seyfried dismissed the rumors, saying they’re “100% into it”, but it’s not really up to them and they haven’t even seen the script yet.