Imply Ladies bosses have been “proof against casting” Lizzy Caplan as Janis Ian as a result of they wished Kelly Osbourne for the position.
Caplan, 43, fought a tough battle within the 2004 teen comedy movie, and after a “very, very lengthy” audition course of, she landed the job of portraying the loveable, brainy goth.
Showing on a current episode of the Podcrushed podcast, the star recalled: “It was the funniest script I had ever learn. I wished to be in it so dangerous, I fought so exhausting, after which it labored out.”
Caplan then defined that every potential solid member needed to audition for 2 of the film’s most important characters.
She continued: “It was a kind of the place all people needed to audition, I believe, for one of many two most important [roles] – Cady, the Lindsay Lohan half, or the Rachel McAdams half [Regina George]. In all probability everybody needed to audition for the Lindsay Lohan half.
“After which [the casting team] sorted us [into different groups] after which we would get referred to as again.”
The actress then revealed that one other star was wished to play the position of Janis.
Caplan shared: “I went in, and so they have been proof against casting me. Any person jogged my memory of this lately – the studio wished Kelly Osbourne to play that position.
“And so at one level, I do not keep in mind who’s on my aspect, and who I used to be preventing towards to get that half, I used to be most likely by no means aware about that.”
Bosses wished to see what Caplan regarded like as a goth, so that they flew a hairstylist from Canada – Imply Ladies was filmed in Toronto – to Los Angeles.
Caplan defined: “However they despatched the hair individual from Canada all the way down to Los Angeles, and we went to Hollywood Boulevard and placed on darkish wigs, simply something to ship them screengrabs of me wanting like a goth child.”
Caplan was thrilled when she came upon she landed the a part of Janis and celebrated after the prolonged audition course of.
The star recalled: “I do not keep in mind how lengthy the method was, however I keep in mind getting the telephone name, and the place I used to be after I acquired the telephone name that I acquired the half.
“And I do suppose like, what number of occasions has that basically occurred to you in your profession that you simply simply need to have a good time, and it is nothing however thrilling? There aren’t any caveats. Like two or thrice, possibly?”
Imply Ladies sees 16 12 months previous Cady Heron be transferred from being homeschooled in Africa to a public highschool referred to as North Shore Excessive, earlier than she comes face-to-face with The Plastics – a bunch that individuals need to be part of however aren’t accepted into – shaped of Regina, Gretchen and Karen.
They suppose they’re in command of the varsity, however Cady comes up with a plan to cease Regina’s reign.
And Caplan – who stated the film “scratched that faculty expertise itch” that she missed out on when the solid lived in a dorm-like lodge for “most likely three months” – will cherish Imply Ladies endlessly.
The star – who was significantly pleasant with movie co-stars Daniel Franzese (Damian Leigh) and Jonathan Bennett (Aaron Samuels) – stated: “I believe there’s a couple of jobs that should you’re fortunate, you get to actually exit and have a good time them. And that was one in all them.
“And it was a blast. I beloved making that film.”
