“Aaron is a pretty cool. laid-back kind of guy,” says Bennett. “Even though he’s good at sports and decent in math, he’s not a jock or a mathlete: he’s just kind of everybody’s friend. I understand Aaron perfectly, having not wanted to align myself with any one group either, so it was easy to step into his shoes.”
Lizzy Caplan and Daniel Franzese play art freaks and witty social outcasts, Janis and Damian. Seeing Cady as a possible kindred spirit, the two adopt her as their own. becoming Cady’s first new friends at North Shore and, ultimately, partners in her plan to dethrone Regina George.
"There’s people like Janis and Damian in every high school,” explains Caplan. “Viewed as outsiders, they accept the label because they know they’re smarter than everybody else in the school. They can see the stupidity of all the backstabbing, and know that in four years they can get on with their lives.”
Franzese echoes Caplan’s sentiments: “Damian and Janis come together as a pair because Damian and Janis are the two kids in school who really get it. They get that high school isn’t the be-all and end-all of their lives, and they’ve figured out that they don’t have to rely on status to take themselves to the next step."
Holding their own against this formidable young cast are veteran comedy actors and current or former “Saturday Night Live” repertory players Tina Fey as Cady’s math teacher, Ms. Norbury, Tim Meadows as Principal Duvall, Amy Poehler as Mrs. George and Ana Gasteyer as Cady’s mother. Betsy Heron. Neil Flynn of “Scrubs” fame plays Cady’s father, Chip.
An “SNL” repertory cast member since 2002, Amy Poehler portrays Regina’s super-hip mom to the hilt—and beyond. So proud of her Queen Bee daughter, Mrs. George wants to be Regina, to the point of becoming a wannabe herself.
“I just let this character rip!” exclaims Poehler. “She’s an ‘SNL’ skit rolled into one, and Tina couldn’t have provided me with better material.”
As for Tim Meadows. he thinks what makes the movie so good is an amazing script. “I think the dialogue and the language in the movie is probably different from other teen comedies in that it really captures the way kids talk today. Tina didn’t sugarcoat a thing. These girls are really mean, and all I can say,” he adds with a laugh, “is I’m sure glad I’m not a teenage boy anymore!”
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