Jon Hammis one ofour funniest actorsand that does, include, frequently working withTina Fey. And now that relationship is going to continue as Hamm joins the cast of the newMean Girlsfilm based on the Broadway musical! Hamm is set to play Coach Carr, the sex-ed teacher that many remember from the original movie for warning his students that if they have sex they’ll get pregnant and die. Because what a way to get kids tonothave sex with each other…threaten death.
Carr didn’t really have ahugerole in the stage musical but he was an important part of the film. Sort of. He’s more just a meme that fans ofMean Girlshas clung to throughout the years. And having Hamm play him really is going to make the Coach Carr storyline even funnier. Hamm joinsAngourie Rice,Auli’i Cravalho,Jaquel Spivey.andReneé Rappin the film along withreturning cast members likeTim Meadowsand Fey.
Rice is playing Cady, a new student who moved to town from Africa and is trying to navigate the popularity jungle of Regina George’s domain (who is played by Rapp who was Regina on Broadway during the show’s run). Cravalho is playing Janis, and Spivey is playing Damian and this is all just really building out the world of theshow that fans have come to love in the same waythat we loved the movie that came out in 2004.
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Some other cast joining the film includeJenna Fischer,Busy Philipps, Avantika, Mahi Alam, Christopher Briney, Bebe Wood, Ashley Park(who was Gretchen in the original Broadway cast), andConnor Ratliff.
The joy ofMean Girls
As a comedy,Mean Girlshas justbecome something of a classicin thenearly 20 years since its release. Fans quote it every year on October 3rd thanks to Cady and Aaron, who asked Cady what the date was, and we get to just have a constant reminder of why we love this story as a whole. The musical did bring a new audience to the world that Fey andJeff Richmondbrought to the stage, and it’s going to be an interesting time to see both the movie fans and the musical fans join together just as the casts are doing.
Hamm is going to do an incredible job as the incompetent Coach Carr and I hope they end up writing him a number to sing because come on, it’s Hamm!
