Amanda Seyfried has recently hit out at Paramount Pictures over Mean Girls merch.
The Dear John actress claimed that Paramount Pictures should send her a royalty check for using her “likeness” on merchandise for the hit 2004 movie.
Amanda discussed the movie and the merch during a recent conversation with Adam Brody for a new Variety’s Actors on Actors segment.
Interestingly, Adam asked the Seven Veils actress if she would ever rewatch the 2004 classic movie in a clip shared on X on June 10.
“No, I haven’t. It’s on often enough, though. And you know what? I love it,” she said, briefly pausing to find her thoughts.
Amanda revealed that she loved “seeing my face on people's T shirts”.
The actress told Adam that she’s “a little resentful, because Paramount still owes me some money”.
The Mamma Mia star noted that every “store sells Mean Girls T-shirts” with photographs of her and costars Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Lacey Chabert's faces on them.
Amanda shared that she wasn't exactly sure how she ended up without royalties for the comedy movie's merch.
However, the Anon actress mentioned, “I don't know if it was because I was 17 and dumb or what.”
Amanda also expressed her gratitude to those who still support her and her Mean Girls costars.
“I love it… Like even the girl at TSA [said], 'Mean Girls, my favourite movie.' And I'm like, 'Wait!' I was 17. I had nothing to do with it,” recalled the Gringo actress.
Elsewhere in the interview, Amanda opened up about playing dumb blonde stereotype in the movie.
“It was sort of like, channeling a little bit of Some Like It Hot, Marilyn Monroe,” she told GQ.
The actress added, “I just held onto that so tight, because I felt like that was the reason I got the role.”