Neil Flynn
'Mean Girls' has helped to launch the "biggest women in comedy" and was the beginning of Tina Fey's rise to "global domination", says Neil Flynn.
Flynn starred in 2004's comedy opposite Linsday Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Tina Fey and insists the film helped these stars kick-start their successful careers.
Talking to website Digital Spy, he said: "I think 'Mean Girls' was a kind of significant movie.
"It was a very successful comedy and it was also before 'Bridesmaids' and it really launched some of today's biggest women in comedy.
"It was the beginning of Tina's rise to global domination. I think that movie is a touchstone for a lot of people. In the same way 'Animal House' was for my generation really."
A decade after the release of the original which received sparkling reviews and became a box office success, grossing $129,042,871 worldwide, he insists he didn't realise what a "big deal" it would be.
Flynn added: "I didn't necessarily think it would be a big deal but I knew that it would be funny because Tina wrote it."