The musical movie version of Mean Girls came out this past weekend. Its opening weekend numbers edged out the original 2004 movie’s numbers by a couple million dollars (although the OG wins once you adjust it for inflation). I haven’t had a chance to see it yet, but am planning on doing so this weekend. I have been spoiled about Lindsay Lohan’s cameo, though. I couldn’t help it! I had to know and searched to see if any of the original cast members had cameos, and that’s how I found out. It’s a pretty clever role, too. I’m actually pretty excited to see it. Anyway, Lindsay, who lives in Dubai with her husband and son now, did a half-day’s work and reportedly banked a cool $500k for it.
Sources say Lohan, who became one of young Hollywood’s biggest stars after starring in the 2004 film of the same name, pulled down about $500,000 for a half a day of work in the latest incarnation, a musical that stars a new clique of Plastics led by Angourie Rice and Reneé Rapp. Paramount declined comment. A rep for Lohan declined a request for comment.
Lohan’s surprise entrance in the new film, written by Tina Fey, drew thunderous applause at the New York premiere on Jan. 8. In her scene, Lohan returns to the math competition that served as the denouement of the original, and offers a full-circle moment for the “Mean Girls” franchise, which also spawned a Broadway musical. The actor also flew in from Dubai to walk the red carpet.
While Lohan plays neither a flashback version nor an older relative of her “Mean Girls” teen alter ego Cady Heron, her scene offers a clever bridge between the past and the present.
The musical film, directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., has already found its groove at the box office, landing the No. 1 spot over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend with a $33.2 million haul domestically. Paramount originally planned to release the $36 million film for streaming only on Paramount+, but reversed course after test screenings indicated there was still a big-screen appetite. Exit polls show the film is appealing to both a Gen Z crowd as well as the over-35 demographic, the latter buoyed by Lohan’s presence, which Paramount managed to keep under wraps until the film’s debut.
I’m actually pretty surprised that they managed to keep Lindsay’s cameo a secret until the premiere, but I love that they were able to. I wish they could have gotten all four original Plastics back in various capacities, like Amanda Seyfried’s Karen playing the town’s actual weatherwoman beyond just that Black Friday commercial. But I get it, all four women have really busy schedules. Still, an Elder Millennial can dream. As for Lindsay’s payday, good for her. Get that money, girl. Is it crazy to make that much money over the course of a few hours? Hell yeah it is. But, if they’re willing to pay, then go collect.
Unfortunately, LiLo’s 2024 Mean Girls experience wasn’t as great as making a half-mil for one scene and a successful appearance at the premiere. Her rep said she was “very hurt and disappointed” by a scene in the movie in which Megan Thee Stallion makes a comment that references Brandon Davis’ infamous “firecrotch” rant back in 2006.
“Lindsay was very hurt and disappointed by the reference in the film,” Lohan’s rep says via email, when asked about a line in the new movie that sees rapper Megan Thee Stallion describe the Christmas-inspired outfit worn by Cady Heron (Lohan in the 2004 version, Angourie Rice in the 2024 film) as having “Y2K fire crotch” vibes.
Gosh, I had forgotten about Greasy Bear Davis and his gross diatribe. It took up so much space in the mid-aughts gossip lexicon, too. I’m sorry LiLo feels hurt by that. On one hand, I think it’s healthy to laugh at yourself to take the power away from bullies, but on the other hand, that was such a tumultuous period in her life that I can also completely understand wanting to leave it in the past. I hope Tina apologized to Lindsay behind the scenes and that all is good between them. At the very least, there’s a $500,000 consolation prize.
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- New York World premiere of ‘Mean Girls’ at AMC Lincoln Square Featuring: Tina Fey and Lindsay Lohan Where: New York, New York, United States When: 08 Jan 2024 Credit: Marion Curtis/StarPix for Paramount/startraksphoto.com
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Money well spent. She deserves every penny.
I wish her only great things.
Lindsay looks good. She’s looking like money these days. I hope she’s staying away from her toxic relatives.
Her mother and father are the worst. Ugh.
Great make-up on Lindsey here. She looks gorgeous!
I thought the cameo was a little too smarmy and overly cute at times, but it was definitely more than a day’s work.
Hollywood will always be a siren call for Lindsay. Whatever she does in the future. I hope she can balance it out and stay healthy. She looked amazing at the premiere.
In the immortal words of RuPaul Andre Charles – “Don’t Fuck It Up”.
I’ve seen some people say she looks old (I mean she’s almost 40 which isn’t that old but still) and plastic (lol irony because of Mean Girls) but this is actually how I always thought/wanted an older Lindsay to look like in a way, she looks glamorous, sophisticated and her trademark traits are what stands out the most (red hair and pale skin). I legitimately think she looks great. People say a lot of things about her and she’s definitely a flawed human being but I can’t help but feel so happy to see she’s reached this point in her life having followed her from such a young age (regardless of what she had to do to get here). I think she finally seems to have found a good and healthy balance between career and personal life, it’s a shame she has the parents she has but oh well, you can’t pick em. It’s also pretty shameful of Tina to include that joke in the movie — especially when Lindsay herself cameos in it, couldn’t she have given her a heads-up at least so she wouldn’t be caught off guard at the premiere? She’s probably so used to poking fun at herself/her past at this point so this must’ve really stung (considering the context) but either way, half a milli for 4 hours of work (according to Variety) is pretty insane so just keep going Lindsay, get your money and focus on your (new) family onwards and upwards.
The fire crotch inclusion in the film makes me really sad. As a ginger who was bullied growing up in the 80s for my hair, that whole incident was really triggering for me and probably loads of other redheads. It was mortifying. It wasn’t just that gross greasy guy who said it but Paris Hilton having a good cackle.
Since Paris has been allowed to reframe her own narrative I wish Lindsay would be allowed to move on from that time too. It feels like a low blow to put that line in without notifying her.
i feel like the ‘firecrotch’ line just slipped by Tina. And Megan Thee Stallion was a teenager when the whole firecrotch thing happened. I want to give her the benefit of doubt and thought she wasn’t insulting Lindsay and thought it was just part of her infamous history. Without understanding the story behind it. Maybe she meant like her ‘pussys fire!’ not the insult Brandon Davis was throwing at her to impress Paris Hilton.
As you are an actual ginger, who was bullied, I am deferring to you. If you find the “joke” upsetting, then I believe you.
But just for the sake of sharing, I never understood why that was supposed to be a dig at Lindsay when it happened in the first place. I mean, sure, if someone was yelling speculative things about my pubic hair in public, I would be embarrassed in a general way because that is just not appropriate. And it’s never nice to have someone say things that you know they mean to be hurtful.
I guess what I really mean to say is… it was a really lame “insult”. Sometimes people have pubic hair that matches the color on their head, sometimes they don’t.
So yelling “fire crotch” was essentially saying:
“I see you have red hair so your pubic hair must also be red!!! Dur Dur Dur”. And they are either right, in which case it’s like “AND? So what?” OR they are wrong, and then it’s an even dumber insult.
I love red hair. And Lindsay is a gorgeous red head, I think it was considered a signature trademark of her uncontested beauty at the time So It just always seemed so LAME that he thought he was insulting her by pointing out a possible biological fact?
I can’t remember where I read it but someone had a different take. Which I never actually thought of. That he was calling her a firecrotch that she had STDs which burned his peen. I always thought it just meant the red hair also. But it may have been on another insulting level.
Lindsay’s had so much plastic surgery that she is unrecognizable now.
For any child actor to come out okay on the other side is close to a miracle. I will always root for LL to be well.
Did she come out ok, though?
She’s been a jerk long into adulthood. So many DUIs, hurting other people, inconsiderate to coworkers, trying to take children from their parents on the streets of Paris, etc etc etc.
Thank you, Tiffany. Maybe I’m being petty, but I will never understand the LL sympathizers. Teens, early 20’s, sure, much can be forgiven, but she has indeed been “a jerk long into adulthood.” I’ll root for someone else.
She was 12 years old when she became extremely famous with a shitty home life and all that Hollywood does to the vulnerable and then she became an addict. What kind of an asshole sits in judgement of that?
Sweet Christ, what’s she done to her face?
It’s mostly the makeup….. she’s got a ton of eyeliner & false lashes on + overdrawn her lips. The whole make-up look + dress is quite aging / sophisticated…. like something Judy Garland would have worn in her later years.
Of course there’s botox and filler there, but who doesn’t do that in those circles.
Marriage and a child seem to have calmed her down a bit, which…for the sake of her son, I hope it sticks. Hollywood certainly wasn’t a good environment for her in the long run, not with the parental guidance she had growing up.
Considering the poor reviews the movie is getting, I’m a little surprised Fey wrote it. I know she did the musical and suppose she didn’t want anybody else touching it, but it feels a little badly timed. Even most Gen Zers are familiar with the original film. It needed at least another ten years before getting remake, IMO.