Amanda Seyfried Says Blake Lively Almost Got Her Role of Karen Smith in ‘Mean Girls’ | THR News - video Dailymotion

The Emmy winner originally went in to read for the part of Regina George, which eventually went to Rachel McAdams.

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00:00The Mean Girls cast almost looked a little different.

00:03Amanda Seyfried is saying her role of Karen Smith in the 2004 film

00:07almost went to none other than Blake Lively.

00:10What's more, Seyfried originally auditioned for the role of Regina George,

00:14which eventually went to Rachel McAdams.

00:16In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the actress said,

00:18I'd flown out to LA for the first time with my mother.

00:22It was very exciting.

00:23I met Lacey Chabert for the first time, and Lindsay Lohan was in the room,

00:26and Blake Lively was playing Karen,

00:28and then I was Regina.

00:30The Emmy-winning actress left the room thinking she'd get a call,

00:33either telling her that she did or didn't get the part of the Queen Bee.

00:37But instead, they had another offer for her.

00:39I flew home, and they were like,

00:40we think you're more correct for Karen.

00:42Mean Girls casting director Marcy Leroff previously told Cosmopolitan UK

00:46that Lively was a top pick for the role of Karen.

00:50The Gossip Girl alum hadn't done the sisterhood of the traveling pants yet.

00:53She came down to the final test,

00:55but at some point some of the filmmakers said to keep looking.

00:58Amanda Seyfried had read for Regina,

01:00and we really liked her.

01:01But then film producer Lorne Michaels suggested,

01:04why don't we make her Karen?

01:05On her fondness for the character,

01:07Seyfried notes she's the person with the biggest heart.

01:09The actress goes on,

01:10she truly believes that the best idea would be to go to Taco Bell,

01:14and that her secret is that she's psychic and has a sports channel.

01:17How could you not fall in love with somebody who fully believes that they have ESPN?

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