The actress opened up earlier this month about her struggles with her career following co-starring on the film.
“The Mean Girls“It got me on top, it got my foot into the door,” she stated. Variety. But getting pigeonholed is the battle you needed to win. Back in 2004, I had to be really careful to not just be ‘the pretty blonde.’ In 2004, I had to make sure that my first job was not just as a pretty blonde. Big LoveI wanted to play Karen Smith. My auditions for the pilot season I was in were all just blonde girls friends. Because I was not a good fit for the role, I wasn’t selected to take on the lead. “I don’t even know what it was.”