Busy Philipps in 2024’s Mean Girls.Photo:Jojo Whilden/Paramount
Jojo Whilden/Paramount
ThoughBusy Philippssteals scenes in the newMean Girls, she still wishes she starred in the 2004 original alongsideLindsay LohanandTina Fey.
“I was jealous that I wasn’t in it, to be honest,” Philipps, 44, recently toldNPRwhile discussing her role in the recentMean Girlsmovie musical. “I couldn’t even audition for it because I was filmingWhite Chicks.”
“I don’t know how I got so lucky, except that I’ll take it and I’m so glad,” Philipps told the outlet of the chance to work with Fey, 53, on the newMean Girlsand the comedy television seriesGirls5eva, which Fey produces. “I’m so grateful for it, because I did spend so much of my early career wanting to be in the boys' club of comedy, and always feeling like I don’t understand why I’m not.”
Busy Philipps on Jan. 8, 2024.Arturo Holmes/Getty
Arturo Holmes/Getty
Philipps also joked to NPR that she found playing Regina George’s mother inMean Girls— depicted as humorously desperate for her popular teenage daughter’s approval — relatable to her own life as a mom. She shares two children,Birdie, 15, andCricket Silverstein, 10, with her ex-husbandMarc Silverstein.
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“I am famous. People think I’m cool,” she told the outlet. “But you [are] just never cool to your kids. Ever.”
Busy Phillips in 2024’s Mean Girls.Jojo Whilden/Paramount
Philipps costarred with Rapp, 24,Auli’i Cravalho,Angourie Rice, Christopher Briney, Fey, Tim Meadows,The Office’sJenna FischerandJon Hammin theMean Girlsmovie musical, which premiered in theaters Jan 10. The movie made $28.6 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend and has grossed $103.5 million worldwide, perBox Office Mojo.
“I think I’m cool, butmy kids don’t think I’m cool. And I’m aware of that," Philipps told PEOPLE at the movie’s premiere. “I also think I’m very clear on the fact that I’m their mother and not their friend, so that definitely makes me uncool.”
Mean Girlsisstreaming now.
source: people.com
