Movies Jonathan Bennett teases his involvement in Mean Girls movie musical "There's some talks going on about certain things." By Jessica Wang Jessica Wang Jessica is a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly, where she covers TV, movies, and pop culture. Her work has appeared in Bustle, NYLON, Cosmopolitan, InStyle, and more. She lives in California with her dog. EW's editorial guidelines Published on May 15, 2023 02:56PM EDT Jonathan Bennett shared a totally fetch update about the upcoming Mean Girls movie musical. The actor suggested that he may have a role in the movie adaptation of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical based on the 2004 teen classic, in which he starred as Cady's (Lindsay Lohan) love interest Aaron Samuels. "There's some talks going on about certain things," Bennett told PEOPLE at the 34th GLAAD Media Awards over the weekend. "Let's just say that." Jonathan Bennett in 'Mean Girls'. Paramount/Everett Bennett said the beloved flick "changed his life" and helped highlight bullying. "It made people realize what bullying was in high school," he said. "They used comedy with Tina Fey's amazing writing to be able to talk about it. And I think it was an important movie for so many reasons, but for to bring light to bullying." Fey, who penned the script for the 2004 movie and the Broadway musical, will produce the upcoming movie musical adaptation alongside Lorne Michaels. Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auli'i Cravalho, and Jaquel Spivey will star as Cady, Regina, Janis, and Damian, respectively. Arturo Perez and Samantha Jayne will direct. Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, Rachel McAdams, and Lacey Chabert in 'Mean Girls'. Everett Collection Lohan starred opposite Rachel McAdams (Cady), Amanda Seyfried (Karen), Lacey Chabert (Gretchen), Lizzy Caplan (Janis), and Daniel Franzese (Damian) in the original movie. It's unclear if they'll appear in the new iteration, but Lohan and Seyfried touched on it last year during a conversation for Interview Magazine. "I heard something about it being a movie musical and I was like, 'Oh no.' We can't do that. It has to be the same tone," Lohan said. Seyfried added, "Yeah. It would just be completely different." McAdams, for her part, expressed an interest last month. "I don't see a way to shoehorn us in," she told Bustle, but "if Tina can figure it out, I'm there, for sure." Want more movie news? Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more. Related content: Rachel McAdams can't 'see a way to shoehorn' original Mean Girls stars into new musical movie Mean Girls writer says Tina Fey and studio haven't paid her for franchise success, considering legal action Tina Fey says she and Tim Meadows will reprise Mean Girls roles in new musical movie