Lizzy Caplan Claims Studio Wanted Kelly Osbourne for Her 'Mean Girls' Role

Turns out, Lizzy Caplan had to fight to win the role of Janis Ian in the 2004 comedy Mean Girls. “It was just the funniest script I had ever read,” she said of the film during the Thursday, November 20, episode of Penn Badgley’s “Podcrushed” podcast. “I wanted to be in it so bad. I fought so hard and then it worked out. Everybody had to audition, I think, for one of the two main [roles]: Cady, the Lindsay Lohan part, or the Rachel McAdams part.” She continued, “I went in and they were resistant to casting me. Somebody reminded me of this recently: the studio wanted Kelly Osbourne to play that