Booked and busy. Reneé Rapp is presently filming the film adaptation of Broadway’s Mean Girls musical and recording her debut album amid the success of her debut EP, Everything to Everyone.
“It is very hectic,” the Sex Lives of College Girls star, 23, solely informed Us Weekly forward of her efficiency at Cap’n Crunch’s sixtieth celebration in Palm Springs earlier this month. “I’m trying to find a work/life balance. I don’t [have one] at present, and I probably won’t for a while. But I’m trying to be an EGOT, so I’m tired — but it’s all good.”
Rapp performed Regina George within the Broadway musical at age 19, and he or she’s reprising the function 4 years later. She informed Us that she instantly misplaced her script — by accident — however she is aware of precisely how she needs to play the half. “It’s just in my body. I know how it feels. I know how to do it in the way that I like to do it,” the North Carolina native mentioned. “I mean, it’s obviously different now cause I’m, I’m 23 as opposed to being 19 and 20, and I think I’m better at my job now than I was when I was a kid. I also have, like, a much a stronger sense of self at the moment than I did when I was 19.”
She’s not the one one which advanced. The “Too Well” songstress mentioned that very like how the 2018 Broadway musical tailored to incorporate the prevalence of social media, which was in its infancy when the film was launched in 2004, the film musical may even make some updates.
“A lot of it is different. Tina [Fey] is such a creative genius and such a creative freak, and her partner, Jeff Richmond, who does all of the music, is as well. So there’s definitely different things,” Rapp hinted. “There might be different songs. Some songs that are in the musical version might be in the movie or might not be.”
She continued: “But [Fey and Richmond] are so creative, and I really appreciate that they really try to work with young people and people that are of the current culture and what’s happening as opposed to being like, ‘We are going to do exactly what we think we’re gonna do.’ They’re very collaborative and really amazing. So some things are different, some things are the same.”
When she isn’t on set, she’s engaged on her music. She lists “In the Kitchen” as her favourite music from her February EP. The observe is an emotional music a few breakup, and lots of of her songs pull on the heartstrings. However, she hasn’t heard from anybody who impressed the heartbreak hits — for good purpose.
“I have a very amazing mother and father who really, really, really just raised me to, like, be a very strong individual when it comes to, like, if someone doesn’t treat me with respect,” she defined. “It’s no bad blood, but I’m always gonna look out for myself. So I actually don’t really talk to people that hurt my feelings. Not in a mean way. Just in a way of, like, I really like the people in my life and I like the people that respect me and love me and take the time to talk to me and be there for me. And if they do hurt me, then they fix it. So I don’t think anybody who I’ve written songs about really falls under that category, not that they’ve shown me.”
Rapp performed a few her songs at Cap’n Crunch’s sixtieth birthday on the Margaritaville Resort in Palm Springs on Saturday, April 15. Attendees additionally loved an all-vinyl DJ set from DJ Pee .Wee (a.ok.a. Anderson .Paak) and scored unique merch celebrating the breakfast icon’s milestone.
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The “Colorado” singer described herself as a “ginormous” fan of the cereal and the Cap’n himself. “He raised me and I feel like — being that I’m a boat person — I feel like we really are on the same wave with that. Like, if he pulled up on the ocean and was like, ‘Hey, by the way, would you like to hop on and ride?’ I’d be down. Put me in,” Rapp joked. “[The performance is] really fun because I just feel like it’s very campy, and it’s me and Anderson .Paak and the Cap’n.”
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