Lizzy Caplan almost wasn’t Lindsay Lohan’s feisty BFF Janis Ian in Mean Girls , which, indeed, would not have been fetch. In a new interview on the Podcrushed podcast , the actor opened up about her auditions for the iconic 2004 film, stating she had to “fight” to get the role and revealing who the film studio wanted to cast as Janis instead.

Speaking to host Penn Badgley, Caplan recalled that the audition process was “very, very long,” but it didn’t deter her from wanting to go up for Mean Girls . “It was just the funniest script I had ever read,” she said. “I wanted to be in it so bad. I fought so hard, and then it worked out.”

However, to be considered for the role of Janis Ian, she actually had to try out for a different character first. “Everybody had to audition, I

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