Lizzy Caplan Says This Celeb Almost Played Janis In 'Mean Girls' Instead

Lizzy Caplan Says This Celeb Almost Played Janis In 'Mean Girls' Instead

Noam Galai/WireImage/Getty ImagesLizzy 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 w…

Lizzy Caplan Almost Lost Her ‘Mean Girls’ Role To This Celebrity

Michael Gibson/Paramount/Kobal/ShutterstockLizzy Caplan opened up about how she landed one of her most iconic roles: Janis Ian in Mean Girls. According to the Fleishman Is in Trouble actor, she almost lost her part in the 2004 film to another big name. During a Nov. 20 episode of the Podcrushed podcast, Caplan explained how she “fought so hard” for the role after a “very, very long” audition process, where she was up against Kelly Osbourne. “It …