Why Amanda Seyfried is ‘resentful' toward ‘Mean Girls'
The Oscar-nominated star, 39, shared that while she doesn't mind fans wearing clothing with her face on it, she's 'resentful' that her likeness is used for merchandise since she doesn't get paid for it.
Seyfried opened up about the 2004 iconic movie while reuniting with her 'Jennifer's Body' co-star Adam Brody for Variety's Actors on Actors published on Monday, June 9.
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8 Amanda Seyfried as Karen Smith in 'Mean Girls.'
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During their chat, Brody, 45, asked Seyfried if she's 'rewatched Mean Girls' in the past two decades since the timeless movie's release.
'I haven't. It's on often enough, though. I love it,' the actress, who played ditzy Karen Smith in the teen comedy, replied before sharing her thoughts on the 'Mean Girls' merch.
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'I really love seeing my face on people's T-shirts. I'm a little resentful because Paramount still owes me some money,' Seyfried alleged.
'Every store sells 'Mean Girls' T-shirts with our faces, photographs!' she explained, noting that her likeness is used on each item. 'Don't I [get something from that]?'
The 'Long Bright River' actress went even further, wondering out loud if she allowed it to happen 'because I was 17 and dumb?'
8 'I'm a little resentful because Paramount still owes me some money,' she told Adam Brody.
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8 She contemplated if she allowed it to happen 'because I was 17 and dumb?'
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As Brody listened, Seyfried continued, 'Ugh. I love it. Even the girl at TSA tells me it's her favorite movie. And I'm like, 'Great, I was 17. I had nothing to do with it.''
The Post reached out to Paramount for comment.
'Mean Girls' followed a group of cool high school students, dubbed 'The Plastics,' and the influence their tight-knit clique had on the entire school body.
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8 'Mean Girls' followed a group of teen cool girls known as 'The Plastics.'
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8 The 2004 movie was an instant hit.
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8 'The Plastics' included Seyfried, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, and Lindsay Lohan.
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Seyfried's cast included Lindsey Lohan as the new girl (Cady Heron), Lacey Chabert as the rich, Toasters Strudel heir (Gretchen Wieners) and Rachel McAdams as the queen bee (Regina George).
Tina Fey wrote the screenplay and starred in the film as Ms. Norbury.
Three of the four 'Plastics' reunited in 2023 for a Walmart Black Friday ad.
8 Three out of four of the girls reunited for a Walmart Black Friday ad in 2023.
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8 Rachel McAdams was absent from the ad, later revealing she 'wasn't that excited about doing a commercial.'
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The commercial saw Lohan, Chabert and Seyfried channel their legendary characters as adults who are parents to a new group of cool kids at North Shore High School.
The reunion caused millennials to go into a tailspin while speculating why McAdams was nowhere to be found.
'Rachel McAdams didn't want to do it,' an insider told Page Six at the time. 'They were all offered it. But the three of them loved being together for their reunion.'
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The source added, 'They had a great time talking about being moms, and it was definitely a loss not having Rachel there.'
McAdams later addressed her absence, telling Variety, 'I don't know; I guess I wasn't that excited about doing a commercial if I'm being totally honest.'
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