Lizzy Caplan musste kämpfen, um bei Mean Girls dabei zu sein: „Sie weigerten sich, mich zu besetzen“

> „It was just the funniest script I had ever read,“ Caplan said. „I wanted to be in it so bad. I fought so hard and then it worked out.“

> In order to secure the role, however, Caplan first had to audition for a different character. „Everybody had to audition, I think, for one of the two main [roles]: Cady, the Lindsay Lohan part, or the Rachel McAdams part.“ The actress said that the casting team then „sorted“ the auditioners into different groups for callbacks.

> „I went in and they were resistant to casting me,“ Caplan said of behind-the-scenes figures, noting that another entertainer was floated to play Janis. „Somebody reminded me of this recently: the studio wanted Kelly Osbourne to play that role.“