Overview

• In a June 9 Variety Actors on Actors segment, Amanda Seyfried said she loves seeing her face on Mean Girls T-shirts but remains “a little resentful” that Paramount owes her royalties for her likeness.
• Seyfried questioned whether her teenage contract left her ineligible for merch payments, noting that every store continues to sell T-shirts with her and co-stars’ photographs.
• Her comments have drawn attention to Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Lacey Chabert also lacking residuals from the franchise’s booming merchandise sales.
• Paramount Pictures has not publicly addressed repeated inquiries about these alleged unpaid royalties.
• Similar concerns have emerged from Rosalind Wiseman, whose book rights deal included profit-sharing provisions she says Paramount has not honored.