Lindsay Lohan It was searched long before search existed. So it should come as no surprise that Paramount paid the actress handsomely to make a cameo in the new Mean girls (o Mean Girls).
Sources say Lohan, who became one of young Hollywood’s biggest stars after starring in the 2004 film of the same title, he earned around $500,000 for half a day of work in the musical starring a new Plastics clique led by Angourie Rice and Reneé Rapp. Paramount declined to comment, and a rep for Lohan declined a request for comment from Variety.
Lohan’s surprise entry in the new film, written by Tina Fey, sparked thunderous applause at the New York premiere. In his scene, Lohan returns to the math competition that served as the original’s denouement and provides a moment of coming full circle for the franchise. Mean Girls, which also spawned a Broadway musical. Lohan flew in from Dubai to walk the red carpet.
Like other studios, Paramount has been eager to lean into the nostalgia factor, courting members of the original cast to appear in small but pivotal roles in recent films such as Baywatch2017. For Top Gun: Maverickfrom 2022, Paramount brought back Val Kilmer to film an emotional scene as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, despite the difficulties involved, as the actor lost much of his ability to speak after battling throat cancer .
While Lohan plays neither a flashback version nor an older relative of her teenage alter ego Cady Heron from Mean Girlsits scene offers a clever bridge between the past and the present.
It premieres in Argentina
With the title of Mean girlsthis new version will arrive in cinemas in Argentina on Thursday, February 1.
The musical film, directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Pérez Jr., has already found its groove at the box office, achieving the number one spot over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend with a gross of $33.2 million a year. Nacional level.
Paramount originally planned to release the $36 million film for streaming only on Paramount+, but changed course after test screenings indicated there was still an appetite to see it on the big screen. Exit polls show the film attracting both Gen Z and the over-35 demographic, the latter buoyed by Lohan’s presence, which Paramount managed to keep under wraps until the film’s debut.
The new one Mean Girls revolves around the high school dramas of Cady Heron (Rice) as she navigates the crowd ruled by Regina George (Rapp replaces Rachel McAdams, who did not return). Avantika Vandanapu and Bebe Wood round out the film’s main quartet, while Fey and Tim Meadows reprise their roles as a weary math teacher and a hapless principal, respectively.
Lohan took a decade-plus break from studio films before returning with the Netflix rom-com Falling for Christmas in 2022. She will soon be seen in Irish Wishalso from Netflix, which premieres on March 15.