You go to be a costume designer! Tim Meadows Needs Some Rewriting You may remember a joke about Mr. Duval Meadows, the North Shore principal, who had bandages wrapped around his hands. In the movie it's explained as a problem related to carpal tunnel - which may be the case for the character but has a different explanation in real life. Artim Meadows in Mean Girls. Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures Everett Collection Meadows actually broke his hand before filming.
Since the filmmakers couldn't risk losing their Saturday Night job seekers database Live costars, they had to improvise. last-minute rewrites to accommodate Meadows' injury and the casting. Lizzy Caplan almost lost the chance to play Janice Ian for ridiculous reasons It's almost impossible to imagine anyone else playing Janice Ian. Lizzy Caplan absolutely captures the cold and vengeful Janis while making her extremely likable. But Kaplan almost lost the role for a rather ridiculous reason.
Lizzy Caplan in Mean Girls. Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures Everett Collection The filmmakers thought she was "too pretty" to play Janice. We have a lot of ideas about this. But in the end we're glad that everyone was impressed by Kaplan's performance. We have some fun facts on the topic of this iconic character. Even though her namesake was a real-life singer and costume designer, she based her look on Kelly Osbourne's early looks.