Jonathan Bennett Wants Aaron Samuels to Be Straight in Mean Girls Sequel

Jonathan Bennett would never turn down a chance to return to the Mean Girls universe — yes, it's a multiverse, Tina Fey said so — but he would prefer that his iconic ladies man remain as such.

via: Out

Jonathan Bennett says "99 percent of the cast" of Mean Girls is up for a potential sequel — and he's got plot ideas!

Bennett, the Gay King of Christmas, was on the I've Never Said This Before podcast with host Tommy DiDario when he was asked about a potential sequel to the 2024 classic comedy Mean Girls, written by Tina Fey.

Having played high school hunk Aaron Samuels in the first film, Bennett was asked if he'd like his character to be gay in a sequel. But the actor said he'd rather keep the story consistent.

"I think Aaron would be straight," Bennett replied, "because you wouldn't go and change the narrative of Aaron Samuels because Jonathan Bennett is gay. You keep the narrative of Aaron Samuels because that's the story."

"I know that everyone wants to," Bennett said about the overall status of the sequel. "I know that 99 percent of the cast is like, 'Let's go!'"

Bennett also added that he loves that so many cast members from the original have come out. Other than Bennett, Daniel Franzese, who played Damien, and Rajiv Surendra, who played Kevin G, have also come out.

"First of all, how weird is this: Almost all the guys from Mean Girls are gay. And Mean Girls is one of the gayest cult classic movies of all time. So let's think about that. What came first, the gay or the Mean Girls?"

Jonathan Bennett says "99 percent of the cast" of Mean Girls is up for a potential sequel — and he's got plot ideas!

Bennett, the Gay King of Christmas, was on the I've Never Said This Before podcast with host Tommy DiDario when he was asked about a potential sequel to the 2024 classic comedy Mean Girls, written by Tina Fey.

Having played high school hunk Aaron Samuels in the first film, Bennett was asked if he'd like his character to be gay in a sequel. But the actor said he'd rather keep the story consistent.

"I think Aaron would be straight," Bennett replied, "because you wouldn't go and change the narrative of Aaron Samuels because Jonathan Bennett is gay. You keep the narrative of Aaron Samuels because that's the story."

"I know that everyone wants to," Bennett said about the overall status of the sequel. "I know that 99 percent of the cast is like, 'Let's go!'"

Bennett also added that he loves that so many cast members from the original have come out. Other than Bennett, Daniel Franzese, who played Damien, and Rajiv Surendra, who played Kevin G, have also come out.

"First of all, how weird is this: Almost all the guys from Mean Girls are gay. And Mean Girls is one of the gayest cult classic movies of all time. So let's think about that. What came first, the gay or the Mean Girls?"

Bennett also teased his own idea for a sequel that features his character as a high school teacher dealing with the mean girls who are now mean moms.

"The girls are grown up, you know, have their own kids, and now their daughters are coming to the school, and it's managing the parents with the kids in high school," he says.

"And you could have a storyline for all the parents, who are millennials, that are the current fans of the movie that grew up with it. So they're going to be attached to Lacey, Amanda, me… that," he continues. "And then you have the kids who are the new batch for their kids to be watching, so they can identify with those kids. The parents identify with their OG cast. I mean, Tina, write it. I ain't getting any younger, sweetie."

While Bennett wants Samuels to remain straight in a sequel, lesbian actress Reneé Rapp, who played Regina George on Broadway and in the 2024 remake, says that she fully believes her character is "absolutely, absolutely gay. That woman is a lesbian."

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If they have a really good idea to bring the cast back for a sequel, and it doesn't come off as nostalgia bait, I would be all for a Mean Girls 2. Don't fall into the same sequelitis mess that plagued Freakier Friday.