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'Mean Girls' 2024: A Cast and Character Guide for the Musical Reboot

The reimagining of the original hits theaters January 12, 2024.

The original "Mean Girls," which premiered back in 2004, was a hilarious and insightful exploration of high school dynamics and became a defining film for the millennial cohort. "Mean Girls" also climbed to the shiny summit of the box office charts, which meant a remake was bound to happen. Now, 20 years later, "Mean Girls" is back. But rather than showing what The Plastics are up to 20 years later (that was reserved for a series of highly amusing Walmart Black Friday ads), the film is getting a full-on remake — oh, and it's also a musical. Naturally, the "Mean Girls" reboot will share much in common with the "Mean Girls" musical that ran on Broadway from 2018 to 2020.

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Tina Fey, who penned the original, has returned for the sing-songy reimagining — and to reprise her role as the exasperated Ms. Norbury. A few other actors from the original will also make an appearance. But the main characters — including Cady Heron, Regina George, Gretchen Wieners and Karen Smith — have been recast.

If you're curious about who will be filling the shoes of your favorite characters, then read on for a look at who they are, what they've been in, and how their portrayal may differ from the original.

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