‘Mean Girls’ Star Auli’i Cravalho Promises a Lot of Heart in Movie Musical: ‘We’re All Just Wanting to Make Tina Proud’ (Video)
thewrap.comset to play Janis in the new version of the movie. The role was originated in “Mean Girls” by Lizzy Caplan, and on Broadway by Barrett Wilbert Weed.
Not much is known about this iteration of Janis yet, aside from the fact that this time around, she’ll apparently have some green in her hair, for which Cravalho was particularly excited.Both the original film and the stage adaptation of “Mean Girls” were written by Tina Fey, and she is returning once more for the movie musical, while also reprising her film role of Ms.
Norbury. And, as Cravalho tells it, there’s a universal goal on set to do Fey’s work justice once more.“I’m having a great time.
I’m singing the songs, we pre-recorded. Tina Fey is part of our producing team. And she — we’re all just wanting to make Tina proud,” Cravalho told TheWrap while promoting her next project, Prime Video’s “The Power.” “Our directors, Samantha [Jayne] and Arturo [Perez] are killing it.
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