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11th January 2024
05:15pm GMT
While recreating the new 'Mean Girls', Tina Fey had a helping hand from her two daughters, Alice, 18, and Penelope, 12.
Not only did the actress run certain plot points by her two teenagers, but they warned their mum against axing one of the most iconic parts from the 2004 movie.
Ahead of the musical comedy's release, which lands in Irish cinemas next week (January 17th), the screenwriter shared how her daughters played a part in its final cut.
"It feels amazing! This is where we had the New York premiere the last time, so it's very full circle because now, I'm here with my children," Fey told ET at the premiere of 'Mean Girl' in New York.
She added that she considered evolving the Burn Book to align with modern day society and technology, which her daughters told her not to do.
"Sometimes I would run things by the kids.
"Like casting, or you know, like, 'Should the burn book stay a book, or should it be a private Instagram account?' And they're like, 'No, it's a book, it's a book.'"
Like many parents of teenage girls, Fey described Alice and Penelope as her harshest critics.
“You're never cool [to your kids]. No, you're never cool, and you shouldn't try to be. Just let it happen!" she told PEOPLE last month.
Fey, however, isn't afraid to name drop to earn their approval and impress them.
"We watch TV and we go, ‘We know that person. You like that show? We know them,' " Fey said. "And then they say, ‘No you don't.'"
The comedian shares her daughters with her husband, Jeffrey Richmond, whom she married in 2001.
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