{"id":219813,"date":"2026-01-30T17:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/rachel-mcadams-wasnt-prepared-for-mean-girls-hate\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:31:12","slug":"rachel-mcadams-wasnt-prepared-for-mean-girls-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/rachel-mcadams-wasnt-prepared-for-mean-girls-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel McAdams wasn&#8217;t prepared for Mean Girls hate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-01-30\" datetime=\"1769794272\" pubdate=\"\">30 January 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Rachel McAdams &#8220;didn&#8217;t know how hated she would be&#8221; for playing school bully Regina George in Mean Girls.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old actress starred alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/lindsay-lohan\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,lindsay-lohan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lindsay Lohan<\/a>, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Lizzy Caplan, Daniel Franzese, Tina Fey and Tim Meadows in director Mark Waters&#8217; 2004 teen comedy.<\/p>\n<p>In the film, Lohan plays Cady Heron, a 16-year-old girl who transfers to a public high school after being homeschooled her whole life in Africa who carries out a plan to destroy the clique of popular girls The Plastics; Regina (McAdams), Gretchen Wieners (Chabert) and Karen Smith (Seyfried).<\/p>\n<p>McAdams admits she wasn&#8217;t prepared for Mean Girls to become a pop culture phenomenon nor the level of hatred film fans felt towards Queen Bee Regina.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on The Graham Norton Show, she said: &#8220;I didn\u2019t know how hated she would be and for how long. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;The first time I saw the film with an audience I was with my best friend. Everyone cheered when Regina was hit by a bus, but my friend stood up and screamed, \u2018Nooooo!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nMcAdams&#8217; latest movie is Send Help.<\/p>\n<p>\nDirected by horror master Sam Raimi, the film follows the struggle for survival for financial strategist and survival enthusiast Linda Liddle &#8211; played by McAdams &#8211; who ends up stranded on a deserted island with her boss Bradley Preston (Dylan O&#8217;Brien) after a plane crash.<\/p>\n<p>\nDiscussing working with Raimi &#8211; who she previously teamed up with on 2022 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness &#8211; Rachel said: &#8220;He is so wonderful and such a kind and lovely man who makes dark demented films so I knew it would be a big reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nRaimi, 66, built his filmmaking reputation in the horror genre with 1981 cult classic The Evil Dead and its two sequels starring Bruce Campbell as demon battling Ash Williams.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/rachel-mcadams-prepared-mean-girls-hate-1436925.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 January 2026 Rachel McAdams &#8220;didn&#8217;t know how hated she would be&#8221; for playing school bully Regina George in Mean Girls. Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls The 47-year-old actress starred alongside Lindsay Lohan, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Lizzy Caplan, Daniel Franzese, Tina Fey and Tim Meadows in director Mark Waters&#8217; 2004 teen comedy. 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