--- title: Mean Girls Anniversary: Casting a Mean Boys Movie with Andrew Garfield description: Wednesday is the 10th anniversary of the hit film Mean Girls. Here's what the cast for the high-school boy version would look like. canonical: https://time.com/82494/mean-girls-10-year-anniversary-mean-boys/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-30T17:24:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:42:58.667Z og:title: There Should be a 'Mean Boys' Movie and This Is Who Should Be In It og:description: Wednesday is the 10th anniversary of the hit film Mean Girls. 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Waters gedrehte Highschool Kommoedie kommt am Donnerstag 26\. August 2004 in die deutschen Lichtspielhaeuser. (AP Photo/ Michael Gibson) \*\* ARCHIV \*\* Von links: Die Schauspielerinnen Lindsay Lohan als Cady, Amanda Seyfried als Karen, Rachel McAdams als Regina and Lacey Chabert als Gretchen in in einer Szene des Films 'Girls Club - Vorsicht bissig !' (Mean Girls). Die von Regisseur Mark S. Waters gedrehte Highschool Kommoedie kommt am Donnerstag 26\. August 2004 in die deutschen Lichtspielhaeuser. (AP Photo/ Michael Gibson) Michael Gibson—AP  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 30, 2014 5:24 PM UTC Wednesday is the 10-year anniversary of the hit film _Mean Girls_, and the movie’s observations are just as true today as they were a decade ago. But after all these years there’s another group of teens still ripe for satire: High school boys. Though boys may not have rules about wearing pink on Wednesdays, they have plenty of their own problems — namely struggling to live up to macho stereotypes while hiding their emotions from their male friends. Last year Rosalind Wiseman — author of _Queen Bees and Wannabes_, the book upon which _Mean Girls_ is based — published _Masterminds and Wingmen_, a similar dive into the high school politics of boys. And in her TIME feature “[What Boys Want](http://time.com/696/what-boys-want/),” Wiseman (who didn’t participate in our dream casting session) argues that boys are just as or even more emotionally invested in their romantic and social lives as girls. A _Mean Boys_ movie could explore these social problems, and maybe show off new technology that goes beyond the dreaded three-way calling attack. Imagine dirty selfies and Facebook woven into a _Mean Boys_ plot: in Wiseman’s piece, one boy calls Snapchat “the condom of sexting.” According to Wiseman, there are seven teenage male archetypes. And we knew exactly which actors could play which archetypes in a _Mean Boys_ film. It’s like we have ESPN or something. (Disclaimer: Yes, most of these actors are in their mid-to-late-20s and playing high schoolers. But hey, it’s Hollywood. Rachel McAdams was 25 when _Mean Girls_ came out.)  attends the premiere of "Neighbors" at Regency Village Theatre on April 28, 2014 in Westwood, California. Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images **1.** **Dave Franco as the Mastermind: directs group movement and gives approval to friends** Let’s give Franco a chance to come out from his brother’s shadow (and Zac Efron’s shadow for that matter) and play an enhanced version of his _21 Jump Street Character._  arrives at the premiere of Columbia Pictures' "The Amazing Spider-Man" at the Regency Village Theatre on June 28, 2012 in Westwood, California. Alberto E. Rodriguez—Getty Images **2\. Andrew Garfield as the Associate: the social point person who gathers information and the one best equipped to stand up to the mastermind** Garfield’s experience as Spider-Man would well equip him to gather information and stand up to bullies.  attends the Young Hollywood Roundtable at the 2013 AFI Fest at TCL Chinese Theatre on November 8, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images **3\. Miles Teller as the Entertainer**: **defuses tension in the group but can inadvertently hurt others through his jokes** Teller often plays the joker, but now he’d be using that cruel charm to elevate his social status.  <> at Arlington Theatre on February 4, 2014 in Santa Barbara, California. C Flanigan—FilmMagic/Getty Images **4\. Michael B. Jordan as the Conscience: the one who worries about consequences to the group’s actions** Try as I might, I cannot cast Michael B. Jordan as anyone except the “moral guy.” I don’t want to sully the memory of Vince Howard on _Friday Night Lights_.  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 11: Liam Hemsworth attends the UK Premiere of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" at Odeon Leicester Square on November 11, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/UK Press via Getty Images) John Phillips—Getty Images **5\. Liam Hemsworth as the Bouncer: the guy who takes the fall for the group when they get into trouble and often struggles academically** With his looks, Hemsworth could easily worm his way out of trouble as the fall man.  Canadian actor Michael Cera poses on May 24, 2013 as he arrives for the screening of the film "The Immigrant" presented in Competition at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. Cannes, one of the world's top film festivals, opened on May 15 and will climax on May 26 with awards selected by a jury headed this year by Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) Valery Hache—AFP/Getty Images **6.** **Michael Cera as the Punching Bag: the easy target for teasing within the group** Don’t mess with a formula that works: Cera is totally the male version of poor Gretchen who was forbidden from wearing hoop earrings.  <> at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on March 18, 2014 in New York City. Taylor Hill—FilmMagic/Getty Images **7\. Jack Gleeson as the Fly: hovers outside the group and builds friendships through bragging or buying things** He’d be like Joffrey from _Game of Thrones_ — but without all the evil and murder. So get on it, Tina Fey. We want to make a _Mean Boy_s movie happen. 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