Mean Girls: Rachel McAdams on Why She Said NO to Reunion Commercial

Rachel McAdams opens up to ‘Variety’ about why she turned down the opportunity to reunite with her former co-stars, Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert, for a recent ‘Mean Girls’-inspired commercial.

[simpleplanfan]

The main point here: she didn’t know everyone else was doing it 😭😭😭

[nicholasgarrick]

She did exactly what regina would have done respect.

[snacksmack]

She didn't accept it because she only does car commercials in Japan

[Showman_]

She was definitely missed, but the commercials still turned out amazing. Everyone was incredible playing their characters again!

[thatgirl]

Lacey Chabert deserves more acting success she’s an underrated actress!!!

[_aly_cat]

I think its weird that the Producers just took her NO at face value and didn't call her back and say hey we respect your choice but your entire cast is coming back, or even why didn't the other actors reach out? were they not allowed to? I just feel it was handled horribly especially knowing Rachel might have been more open knowing the other cast was there.

[POPGIRLSUT]

i love that the actual sequel to meangirls doesn't exist to them💀

[grantgilbert]

If she’d known at the jump that Lohan, Chabert and Seyfried were coming back I think she would have jumped at it. It’s a shame those commercials were really funny but I can respect her decision

[SavedByJesus-piyu]

I watched all the commercials back to back and they were awesome! They literally went right back into character and it wasn’t forced at all, it was so good and felt like no time had passed. If someone would have told me that there was going to be a remake or sequel or anything with meangirls but with no Regina George in it, than I would have thought it would be a bust but honestly it turned it so good that I didn’t even notice that Regina was missing. They should totally do an actual movie with them as the older characters and just have Regina move away or die off or something, I guarantee it will be a hit. I also love Rachel Mcadams too and think she is an amazing actress. I think she heard Walmart commercial and thought, hell no! But now that she seen how great it turned out and how much the fans loved it, I wouldn’t be surprised if she doesn’t have at least a tiny bit of regret she didn’t do it. I mean I didn’t imagine it would turn out that good but they left me wanting more.

[chrish]

I would love to see a sequel with the characters at this stage of their lives. Surely if they can make these ads so funny and engaging they can do the same with a sequel. Please give us the sequel

[FloxY]

We don't need a musical, we need a second movie!

[dandylion]

she can do whatever she wants, the commercials were still very well done and it was amazing seeing the other girls together. such a classic movie with an amazing cast <3

[CrystalMoon]

I did wonder why she didn't do the commercial too. Its pretty sad that she could've done it had maybe her own team told her the entire cast was going to do it. Plus, I am surprised Lindsay, Amanda and Lacey didn't reach out and convince her to do it. It probably would've been more complete had Rachel done it as well. Hopefully in the future all four of them will reunite in a cameo or movie someday.

[jessejameslatimer]

Rachel is basically saying “I don’t live in the past and hate doing the same thing over and over — it was cool in 2005 but im also almost 20 years older now.”

[DaMaGd-Gd]

She has every right to say "no". Get over it.

[ambzerambzer]

These commercials are literally the best adverts of all time, I mean in terms of adverts from the past 10 years there’s literally no competition but still, These Walmart Mean Girls commercials probably have the most views, Rachel was missing out, Ofc if she didn’t wanna do it she didn’t want to do it, but I’m glad that all the other cast members didn’t feel to big to reprise their roles, they looked like they had so much fun

[GoldenLights-ojpe]

She already said years ago that she wouldn’t do anything to reprise that role under any circumstance. She talked about how she was older than what her character was when she played the role, so now that she is even older she would only want to take on more mature roles. This isnt the first or last time she will turn down playing this role again

[OKellies]

I feel so old. I remember Mean Girls coming out 20 years ago.

[monpetitrouge]

What they should do is create a tv show or another movie of them on them all grown up living their lives with their kids as parents. The commercials were really great because you can still see their character traits coming out. It should just be a bigger project. I think everyone loved the original cast, and no one could ever really take their places.

[cali_carlitos_bb]

I love her honesty and standing her ground