Students on set of ‘Mean Girls 2’

On January 23, the sequel “Mean Girls 2” premiered on the ABC Family all across the nation with Georgia College students junior pre-mass communication major Sean Noah and M.A.T. program student Laurene Greene featured in the film as extras.

“I went with a group of friends to an open casting call at the W Hotel in Atlanta. It was similar to what you see on American Idol with hundreds of people lining up outside in the hot weather. I was pulled out of the line by a lady and was moved to the front of the line,” Greene said.

Once the hundreds of hopeful extras approached the front of the line, they were put in a room and asked questions such as their height and weight which were written on a whiteboard and then had a headshot taken of themselves.

During the filming, Greene was taking classes at Georgia College for the MAT program and would travel to Atlanta from Milledgeville on the weekends to participate as an extra in the film.

“It was really convenient for me because in between takes I would study and do homework and then use my books as props later since I was playing a student,” Greene said.

While Greene attended the open casting call with a group of friends, Noah went to the casting call along with his mother and his sister.

“I got geeked up(for the part). I was wearing a grey t-shirt with a dress shirt on top with jeans. I buttoned up my shirt, tucked it in my pants, put on my glasses and pulled my pants up to look like a nerd,” Noah said. “For Mean Girls 2, I was mainly the only one going to film the scenes at the school, but occasionally my mom would come and be an extra if they needed an extra to play a character like a lunch lady.”

Noah, who is a community advisor at The Village at West Campus, hosted an event called Spot the Sean in order to promote the movie and celebrate his accomplishments along with friends and residents of his building.

“It was really cool watching ‘Mean Girls 2’ at the Spot the Sean event, because I was able to see (Noah’s) reaction when he saw himself on screen during the movie,” freshman undeclared major Jade Disque said.

The time that the extras spent filming varied from day-to-day anywhere from a three hours to more than 12 hours. In between scenes, Greene and Noah got to know the other extras in the film and formed friendships with them that they still maintain today.

“It was a really great experience to be a part of the movie industry and I met a lot of great people,” Greene said.  “Georgia is a wonderful place to film movies because we have so many beautiful areas like the mountains and the beach and more films have been filmed Georgia instead of just California.  I would encourage more students to try and be a part of it.”