Fans lost it when members of the original Mean Girls cast appeared in Walmart’s viral Black Friday commercial earlier this year. Rachel McAdams was notably absent, and she recently explained why she turned down the opportunity to reunite with the rest of the cast.
Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert, who appeared alongside McAdams in the beloved teen comedy, agreed to reprise their roles in Walmart’s ad. McAdams recently opened up about her decision to miss the reunion, explaining that commercials simply aren’t her cup of tea.
“A movie sounded awesome, but I’ve never done commercials, and it just didn’t feel like my bag. Also… I didn’t know that everyone was doing it. I would, of course, always love to be part of a ‘Mean Girls’ reunion and hang with my plastics, but yeah, I found that out later,” she told Variety.
McAdams also opened up about the upcoming musical remake of Mean Girls and revealed she came very close to appearing in this project. She told Variety that she “dabbled with a few ideas” with the screenwriter Tina Fey, but it was tough to make it all work in the end. McAdams is excited to see this film, nevertheless, and she believes it will be “fantastic”.
