20 years after its release, Mean Girls continues to be a mass phenomenon in pop culture. Its story, its relevance in fashion and youth comedies, as well as its characters, earn it its significance beyond the screens. But, it is undoubtedly the character of Regina George, played by Canadian actress Rachel McAdams, who steals all the attention in the film.
For years, all kinds of theories have circulated on the Internet about the Queen Bee of plastics, one of the most popular claims is that Regina George is a lesbian and that is why she bothered Janis Ian, played by Lizzy Caplan. The theory has gained a strong following. None other than the actress, Renee Rapp, who plays the iconic antagonist in the new musical version of Mean Girls in 2024. Regarding the sexual preference of her character, the 24-year-old actress said in an interview for OUT magazine that Regina was part of the LGBT + collective. “Absolutely, absolutely gay,” she declared.
“That woman is a lesbian. Let’s be very clear.” “I tried to make every potential moment in this movie that could be made…gay, a little bit. All. Every moment.” She even joked that she was “promoting [the gay agenda] everywhere,” explained Renee, who identifies as bisexual.
Regarding why her character comes out with Aaron Samuels (Christopher Briney) in the film, the star of the musical refuted the argument that this does not make her a heterosexual character. “She doesn’t even like this man. She’s throwing him around like a little sack of meat,” she said. Rapp also claimed that she was obsessed with the idea that her character and Jannis would end up together. This only confirms the theory that has circulated for years among fans of the group.
Since Mean Girls premiered in 2004, Regina George‘s character has been surrounded by a queer aura. In some cases, the character is seen as a lesbian icon, although no direct mention of her sexual preference is made in the film, except for a couple of comments about her and Jannis.
This story was written in Spanish by Daniel Matute in Cultura Colectiva.