In a candid conversation with the cast of Mean Girls, Renneé Rapp reveals what makes her a queer icon, while Chris Briney tantalizingly hints at the musical number he'd love to be a part of. Additionally, Angourie Rice reflects on the iconic Mathlete competition scene.
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00:00 I'm so excited. I'm feeling very fetched.
00:02 Love from all of you.
00:04 So I just should jump right in.
00:06 I wanted to say hi, Renee.
00:08 -Hey. -I love you.
00:10 -Oh, I love you, too. -You, too.
00:12 -And I know you've played Regina George for a minute.
00:15 So why is she such a queer icon?
00:19 -Like, Rachel McAdams was a big, like, crush of mine as a kid
00:23 and, like, still is.
00:26 I've spent a lot of the last couple weeks
00:27 publicly hitting on her.
00:31 I will continue to do so.
00:34 It's my civic duty. She's amazing.
00:38 But I think, like, there's something in --
00:42 at least in my experience, like, when you're in high school,
00:46 there's something in, like, the really, like, popular,
00:50 like, hot, like, straight girl as, like, maybe a closeted
00:55 or, like, out, like, gay person
00:57 that's, like, really attractive in, like, a different way.
01:01 And I don't really know how to explain it,
01:03 but I think it's, like, there's some, like, lore
01:05 that's, like, oh, my God.
01:07 Like, I remember, like, that, like, girl for me
01:10 in, like, middle school and high school was always straight.
01:13 Was always straight. And I was, like, obsessed.
01:18 But I think -- So I think, like, that, for me,
01:21 has always been there.
01:23 And I also think, like, now playing this character myself,
01:28 like, I'm very determined to just be quite stubborn
01:35 and insist that a character that I play
01:39 is probably going to have my identity
01:41 unless I'm, like, trying to, like,
01:44 have, like, a Rachel McAdams run and, like, do the notebook
01:47 and do a straight notebook.
01:48 But I don't think I'm trying to do that.
01:49 So, yeah, I think it just kind of inherently is
01:53 because, like, a gay person is doing it.
01:57 Like, you know that meme that's, like,
01:58 "Why is that dog sitting gay?"
02:00 Do you know what I mean? It's kind of --
02:02 You know what I'm talking about?
02:02 It's like, "Why is that dog sat gay?"
02:04 And it's, like, a dog like this.
02:05 And it's like, 'cause that dog is gay, like, to be clear.
02:09 Right? It's like, "Why does she walk gay?"
02:11 'Cause she's gay.
02:13 -I agree. And we need a queer notebook.
02:15 So why do we -- Why would we even do anything different?
02:17 -I'm so down. So -- -Yeah. I'd watch that.
02:21 -Imagine. Imagine.
02:22 -You want to watch this, like, romantic drama?
02:25 -Honestly, I would love that.
02:27 Actually, I like acting.
02:30 -That sounds so surprised.
02:32 -No. I'm shocked.
02:34 I'm shocked.
02:35 -Chris, I wanted to go over to you.
02:37 I wanted to say, one, what are you doing here
02:39 in another love triangle?
02:40 My God. Why are you always here?
02:42 Like...
02:43 -I need a job.
02:45 No. -Talk your shit!
02:46 -Talk your shit! Come on.
02:50 -And I understand that you don't do any singing,
02:53 but I wanted to ask, hypothetically,
02:55 if you were in a number, which one would you want to be in?
02:59 -Sexy, right? I haven't seen it.
03:00 -Okay, that's what I was asking. -Yes!
03:03 -I actually still haven't seen it.
03:04 I'm going to see it tomorrow. -It's so good.
03:06 -But, like, I feel like that would be fun.
03:08 -Yes. -I feel like that would be dope.
03:10 -You would eat that up. -Yes.
03:12 -Get those tits out, girl.
03:15 -That would be nice. -And, Dari, I don't have
03:17 a lot of time, but I have to say that I loved the, you know,
03:20 competition at the end, and I just think that it's so amazing
03:24 that you get to be -- Katie, how surreal was that?
03:26 -It was so much fun.
03:28 The mathletes competition at the end,
03:29 especially to be in those Letterman jackets
03:31 that are so iconic, like, that's such a recognizable
03:34 blue and yellow combination.
03:37 I also -- I had so much fun that day
03:40 because, like, because there was this new little song
03:43 that we got to do, and that -- I learned that song.
03:46 That was last minute.
03:48 I learned it, like, half an hour before I recorded it.
03:50 -What song?
03:51 -The little song at the mathletes competition?
03:53 Anyway, I was just very excited.
03:56 That was a really fun scene to film,
03:58 to be in that iconic costume, to do a new little song,
04:01 to say all those math equations
04:03 and pretend I know what they mean.
04:05 That was really fun. -Absolutely.
04:07 Well, congratulations. Thank you all.
04:08 That's all the time I have. -Thank you so much.
04:10 -Thanks. -Thanks for being here.