Harry Styles Was Considered for a Role in the ‘Mean Girls’ Movie Musical

Harry Styles could be “so likable.” Mean girls.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday, the directors of the movie musical remake are Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. revealed that they had 29-year-old musician “Watermelon Sugar” in mind for the role.

While talking about some of the film’s most memorable lines and funniest moments, the pair at one point mentioned the role they envisioned Styles for.

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“There are certain iconic lines where we would joke that there would be riots in the streets if it weren’t for that inside. Like ‘You go, Glen Coco!’ Give the people what they want. Give me what I want! But when we asked ‘Who is Glen Coco?’” Jayne asked.

“Who could it be?” Perez chimed in and added, “I remember we were going, can we ask, like, Harry Styles?”

Jayne agreed: “We were like Harry Styles could be Glen Coco!”

But Jayne had a warning. “Then we said, wait, we love breaking the fourth wall: What if we were all Glen Coco? So after 20 years, we can all feel like Glen Coco.” ( ANDTHR An editor’s note clarified that the sentence was actually delivered straight to the camera and the audience.)

Based on the 2018 Broadway musical of the same name, which is based on the 2004 film of the same name, the film introduces the audience to a new generation of Plastic Artists. Plans for the musical film were originally announced in January 2020 by Tina Fey, who wrote both the original film and the musical.

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Bebe Wood stars as Gretchen, Renee Rapp as Regina, and Avantika as Karen in the 2024 film musical ‘Mean Girls’.

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The main cast for the film was announced in December 2022; Senior year actress Angourie Rice plays Cady Heron and Sexual life of female students actress Renée Rapp reprises her Broadway role as Regina George. Avantika and Bebe Wood play Regina’s plastic cohorts, Karen and Gretchen.

The Mean girls — starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert and Amanda Seyfried — has become a cult classic since it premiered nearly two decades ago, with numerous catchphrases and even its own national day.

According to The New York Timesthe 2024 film musical topped the box office in its opening weekend, earning more than $28 million.

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