The Five Best Things From That ‘Mean Girls’ Reunion

Ten years after Mean Girls forcibly injected itself into our pop culture lexicon, what’s really remarkable about the film isn’t how well it’s aged (which it definitely has), but how well it predicted the rise of the next decade of female-driven comedy. I mean, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in the same film? If they announced that today there would be rioting in the streets. You know, happy rioting.

Well, in honour of October 3, Entertainment Weekly has gotten the gang back together for their annual Reunions issue – yes, they even exhumed LiLo from whatever clinic she’s currently living in – dressed them up all pretty-like and got them to chat about making the soon-to-be iconic film, Lindsay’s love life and where the Plastics would be ten years after high school.

Here are some of our favourite parts.

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Amy Poehler Is A Total Pro

Even when a rabid chihuahua is trying to rip her breasts off.

McADAMS: They, like, pinned a piece of a cocktail wiener into her bra. I thought this dog was going to tear her apart. It was very effective. She was such a pro through it. She’s trying to do her lines and being so professional, and this dog is chomping on her fake boob. I’ll never forget that.

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Fey And Poehler Just Didn’t “Get” LiLo

FEY: I remember 17-year-old Lindsay was on a mission to find pink Uggs. That was, like, what she was working on. And there was one day where she tried to explain to Amy and me her beef with Hilary Duff, but we couldn’t crack it. But we were pretending we could follow it.

The concept of a 17-year-old Lindsay Lohan trying to explain the power dynamics of her relationship with Hillary Duff (and I presume Aaron Carter) to both Tina Fey and Amy Poehler at the same time is better than almost anything either of them has ever made.

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Lindsay Almost Ruined The Entire Thing

Of course she did. Back in August, Lohan posted a selfie of her and Tina Fey hanging out… somewhere. Given that you can’t really imagine the two of them palling around on the weekend, this caused a minor stir, especially as the photo was taken down almost immediately.

Cut to three months later and it obviously all makes a lot more sense. What makes less sense is why Lohan wouldn’t realise that the top secret photo shoot she was on would perhaps not be the best fodder for a public selfie moment. Also, is it just me or can you see the merest glint of panic in Tina Fey’s eyes here?

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We Just Missed Out On A Sequel

FEY: At the time we did want to start the conversation about the sequel, and for whatever reason I was like, “No!!! We shouldn’t do that!” Now I look back and I’m like, “Why?” But now, no—it’s too late now.

I dunno. I’m pretty sure I’d watch Mean Girls 2: Ten-Year Reunion.

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Glenn Coco Is An Actual Human Being

Ah, doesn’t this just help the world make sense?

FEY: I tried to use real names in writing because it’s just easier. My older brother’s good friend is Glenn Coco. He’s a film editor in Los Angeles, and I imagine it’s a pain in the butt for him. Someone said to me you could buy a shirt at Target that says “You go, Glenn Coco!” That was unexpected.

Read more and get the full photo shoot – also including the casts of Ghostbusters and Napoleon Dynamite – over at Entertainment Weekly.