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In 2002, Sony Pictures released the first of what would become three Spider-Man films starring Tobey Maguire.
Nostalgia is not a crime!
As is, Ill posit,Mean Girls.
Every sleepover we would watchMean Girlsalong with other chick flicks from the 90s and 2000s.
Angourie Rice and Lindsay Lohan—the two Cadys—at the premiere of theMean Girlsmusical movie
Its been a huge part of my life and adolescence, for sure.
The good news: The new movie is a total blast.
The better news: Rice is a multitalented artist disguised as the nice girl fromThe Nice Guys.
Bebe Wood (Gretchen), Angourie Rice (Cady), and Avantika (Karen)
Her youth would almost make you hate her, except that shes so sweet.
Like, you could sit with her.
Even wearing a vest.
Angourie Rice (Cady) and Christopher Briney (Aaron)
I would definitely describe myself as grool over fetch.
I think fetch is for cool people.
I think grool is for nerds, and thats me.
Avantika (Karen), Angourie Rice (Cady), Reneé Rapp (Regina), and Bebe Wood (Gretchen).
Angourie Rice: Tell me about getting cast as Cady.
The casting process for me began with, amazingly, an email from Tina Fey.
I was in shock.
I was like, Oh my God, I cant believe she would send me this email.
I read the script; I thought it was so fun.
It was very fresh and new and exciting but also very familiar.
Its such a huge responsibility.
Its a movie that I feel a lot of responsibility toward because its something that I loved growing up.
Ultimately, I realized, Well, Id be crazy to not take it.
I would regret it.
Every time I sang the songs and worked on them, I realized I was getting chills.
I was getting so excited by these songs.
I wanted to chase that feeling, I wanted to be a part of it.
What was it like once you got to set?
Was there anyone you especially clicked with?
I enjoyed working with everyone.
Truly it was such a great experience and I learned something from everyone.
And the same can be said for everyone in the cast.
Have you ever been mean-girled?
I think thats just a normal part of being in the world.
The older I get, I realize that someone being mean to you, its not always about you.
Something else is going on.
What was the hardest number to shoot?
Revenge Party was the hardest, but it was also the most fun.
Its an eight-minute sequence and we filmed a little bit of it every single week.
A lot of story is told in that sequence.
Did you have a favorite moment to shoot?
It was this sort of rig
I know the shot youre talking about!
That was really exciting because it was the first time I got to be my own camera operator.
It was heavy and it was kind of hard to shoot but very exciting.
Do you think maybe youll direct one of these days?
Now that you have behind-the-camera experience?
Directing, sure, but camera operating, no.
I have a new appreciation for camera operators.
How did you relax at home?
What comes to mind is what I did on the weekends to decompress: bake a loaf of bread.
That was how I would knead out any stress from the week and to make something tangible.
I cant see any of it play back.
You sort of lose sight of what youre making.
You also wrote a book!
My mom is also a writer and would die if I agreed to write a book with her.
How did that come about?
Are you gonna do another one?
Yes, there is another one in the works.
I really wanna read it.
And she said, Why dont we do it together?
Thats where it started.
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Definitely “the girl fromSpider-Man I get a lot.
But I will sayThe Nice Guysespecially with people who watch alotof moviesis something that people bring up.
Whats exciting is that it has a cult following.
FirstSpider-Man, nowMean Girls.
Is there another dream reboot that you would love to be in?
One of my favorite movie musicals isChicago.
I think that takes the movie musical to another level; its so clever.
I would love to be a part of that somehow.
I would love to play Roxie Hart.
And it was so cool hearing everyones answers.
My answer is Javert inLes Mis.
I think you’re free to get there.
Haircut, maybe a couple singing lessons in that lower register.
You were inThe Beguiled,so I have to ask…tell me about working with Sofia Coppola.
Im so glad youre asking this because I also love Sofia Coppola so, so, so much.
When that movie came around, I originally auditioned for a different role, and I didnt get it.
And two months later they were like, Theyre considering you for another rolewill you audition again?
I was like, I will do anything to be in this movie.
hey, hey, hey.
She was incredible and I learned so much from her.
She commands the set with grace and kindness and never raises her voice.
The way that she ran that set with such kindness and appreciation for everyones job was so admirable.
I think it all comes back to Tina.
She created a story that was about young girls and was so funny, but was also so honest.
The reality of what it’s like to go through high school, it doesnt change.
Also, I think the quotes are so timeless because Tina specifically made it so.
She didnt include any slang from the time.
Angourie Rice (Cady) and Christopher Briney (Aaron)
What was it like working with Tina?
She was amazing to work with.
Shes soft-spoken, which is great because it makes everyone else shut up and listen to her.
Its this power that is very kind and not demanding or domineering.
Shes also such a clever writer in that shes thought about every single line.
Nothing in there has just been typed off without thinking about it.
and she would have an answer.
That understanding of trying lots of different things, and playing aroundthats how you get the best product.
You have a bit of an antihero streak with your ideal characters, Janis and Javert.
Maybe one day Ill get there.
One day Ill be Javert and it will be amazing!
What do you hope people take from the movie?
Or know before they see it?
I think this movie will really surprise you.
Its fun, its glittery, its pink.
But theres also a lot of heart to it.
What was your reaction when you saw the final cut?
I just got chills.
I couldnt stop smiling throughout the whole thing because I was seeing how everyones hard work cut together.
It made me so happy to see it.
Favorite piece of wardrobe?
Anything you might tell me!
It was updated, it was fresh, it was fun, it was something that Damian would wear.
I had like three layers of petticoats.
It was very warm in all those layers and the wig.
But I liked the outfit overall.
You probably had to be in it for a while.
Halloween is a pretty long sequence.
I was in it for three days.
I can also tell you about Cadys party outfit, the black dress, which is so iconic.
In the 2004 movie Lindsay Lohan wears a black dress with a big pink stripe down the side.
Which I think is a beautiful homage to the original dress while also being something slightly different.
That is a great encapsulation of the whole movie: a wonderful homage but slightly different.
Elizabeth Logan is Glamour.com’s pop culture writer.
She is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the owner of one black cat.
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