'Mean Girls' Stars Ready for Sequel, Says Jonathan Bennett—'We All Want It'
Mean Girls "all want" to reunite onscreen for a sequel to the 2004 classic comedy, Jonathan Bennett has told Newsweek.Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, and Amanda Seyfried starred as Cady Heron, Regina George, Gretchen Wieners, and Karen Smith, respectively, in the high school drama about social hierarchies and their often devastating repercussions.
Bennett played Aaron Samuels, the heartthrob who stole Cady's and Regina's hearts.Over the years, the Tina Fey-written comedy has become a cultural phenomenon, with October 3 being declared Mean Girls Day (for those not in the know, it marks the anniversary of the beginning of Cady and Aaron's romance and the demise of Regina and Cady's friendship).While Mean Girls has spawned spin-offs over the years, the discussion has persisted over when all of the original cast members will reunite to give fans the sequel they have all been waiting for.Speaking with Newsweek, Bennett, 43, said that if it were up to him and his co-stars, such a project would most certainly already be in the pipeline."I mean, we all want it," the Halloween Wars host said. "Every single actor I've talked to from the original cast would love to do something, but that's kind of above my pay grade at least."Bennett even has ideas for a sequel. "It's a no brainer," he enthused. "We're all at the exact perfect age right now for us to have 13, 14, 16-year-old kids in high school.
It's a no brainer. Like, we've grown up now, and we are the parents of the kids who are 16 in high school. The ages match out perfectly."Of course, he's more than happy to leave the creativity to Fey, adding: "I would love to play Aaron Samuels in any iteration that Tina Fey would like to write him in.
She's the comedic genius, and no matter what I'm thinking of doing, Tina Fey's brain has thought of something way cooler... When she writes this hopefully, and we do it someday, I want her to just do what she does."As for why the comedy has such broad and enduring appeal,.
