{"id":48456,"date":"2024-02-05T18:07:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T10:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/?p=48456"},"modified":"2024-02-05T18:07:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T10:07:53","slug":"dont-look-her-in-the-eye-renee-rapp-mesmerizes-as-regina-george-in-mean-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/entertainment\/movies-entertainment\/dont-look-her-in-the-eye-renee-rapp-mesmerizes-as-regina-george-in-mean-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t look her in the eye! Rene\u00e9 Rapp mesmerizes as Regina George in \u201cMean Girls\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Everyone knows her. Everyone loves her. Everyone fears her. Rene\u00e9 Rapp plays the cunning queen bee Regina George in Mean Girls<\/em>, a fresh new adaptation of the 2004 hit classic of the same name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It isn\u2019t Rene\u00e9\u2019s first time playing the iconic alpha girl. In the Broadway adaptation of the 2004 movie, Rene\u00e9 Rapp was cast as Regina George at just 19 and on the verge of launching her career as a pop musician. Original writer Tina Fey and producer Lorne Michaels convinced her to get the role. \u201cShe actually said she wasn\u2019t sure she wanted to do Broadway,\u201d Fey explains. \u201cLorne and I convinced her she\u2019d be wasting her talent if she didn\u2019t take a run at this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back Rapp thinks of how the role impacted her career. \u201cI look back and my jaw is on the ground. I know now how lucky I am. Women in comedy are not often granted the space to be sexy and funny and I think all the girls here are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with directors Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., Rapp was encouraged to find a side of Regina George that hasn\u2019t been explored. \u201cIn our first conversations, we talked about unlearning what she\u2019d already done and finding a take we hadn\u2019t seen before. When she performs her own music, it\u2019s so raw and personal. She is able to bring more of that this time,\u201d Jayne comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out the director featurette here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IzpCN2KGU0I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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