Posted 28 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownLizzy Caplan Revealed Why Her Iconic "Mean Girls" Role Almost Never Happened"I wanted to be in it so bad."by Larry FitzmauriceBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink The original Mean Girls is, obviously, a classic - and Lizzy Caplan's performance as Janis Ian is one of the reasons why the film has endured to this day. (C)Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection As it turns out, however, Lizzy's role was never a foregone conclusion.