Meryl Streep Says ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘Romy and Michele’ Are ‘Pretty Much Religious Texts in My House’

Meryl Streep is not, like, a regular mom, she’s a cool mom — both on and off screen!

In an oral history interview with Vogue (done before the current actors’ strike) with a major part Dear mother! cast and crew to celebrate the musical’s 15th anniversary, the three-time Oscar winner was praised by actress Amanda Seyfried for the way she introduced herself to Seyfried, 37, on set.

“I went [costume designer] Ann Roth Studio for my first rehearsal and Meryl was there when I showed up. The first thing she said was, ‘That’s why you’re so big in my household Mean girls!’ ” recalled Seyfried, who played Karen Smith in the now-classic 2004 teen comedy.

“I’m sure she can imagine how terrifying it would be to have someone like me playing her daughter, and I believe she said that with every intention of making me feel more comfortable,” Seyfried added of Streep, 74. “Zezela took herself off the pedestal I created for her in one sentence, and that meant the world to me.”

But it was a natural introduction for Streep, as she and her family — which includes daughters Mamie Gummer, 40, Grace Gummer, 37, and Louisa Jacobson, 32 — are big fans of the Tina Fey-penned film, in which also starred Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Lacey Chabert.

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From L: Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert and Rachel McAdams in Mean girls (2004). CBS via Getty Images Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Mean Girls’ Musical

“Mean girls and Romy and Michele’s high school reunion “My house is mostly religious texts,” Streep said vogue, shouting out the 1997 best friend comedy starring Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow. – These are the movies I watch the most with my girlfriends even today.

“So I was well aware of little Amanda’s entrance Dear mother!” Streep added. – She became like a second daughter to me.

A big hit based on the musical of the same name, Dear mother! a sequel followed, Dear mother! Here we are againin 2018.

In a May interview with Deadline, Dear mother! Franchise creator and producer Judy Craymer said a third movie musical is in the “earliest stages.”

She also shared that she has come up with a way to bring Streep back. “I don’t want to overdo it, but I know there’s a trilogy,” Craymer, 65, said at the time of the unofficial news. “There is there’s a story, and I think Meryl should come back, and if the script is right, I think she would, because she really loved playing Donna.”

Enter Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried Dear mother! (2008).

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Although there is no official information about the third part yet, Craymer said Vogue in a new interview that “there has to be another one because people want it,” but “the problem is we’re all getting older.”

“But,” she added, “we couldn’t be in a better place as far as a cast that’s eager to do it.”

Although her character Donna was killed off in the 2018 sequel, Streep said, “if there’s an idea that excites me, I’m all for it.”

“I’m ready for anything,” she added about the sequel. “… I told Judy if she can figure out a way to reincarnate Donna, I’d love that. Or it could be like one of those soap operas where Donna comes back and finds out that her twin sister really died.”

Streep joked, “We might have to call Grand-Mamma Mia! until we succeed!”

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