Mean Girls star Avantika Vandanapu serves hungry customers at Raising Cane’s restaurant – following release of new reboot
On Tuesday, Raising the Canes welcomed a surprising new employee behind the counter: Mean Girls star Avantika Vandanapu.
Wearing a pink Raising Cane’s T-shirt, the 18-year-old actress served hungry customers at the chain’s New York store.
Vandanapu plays Karen Shetty, a member of the Plastics clique, in the new reboot, but she took a break from her fast-paced life to work a shift at a popular chicken restaurant.
Vandanapu took orders at the counter, served lemonade to customers, and even prepared fresh bread and butter in the kitchen.
Her change was captured in a video posted by Raising Cane’s: “@avantika brought a touch of glam and pink to the Raising Cane’s counter!” It was certainly a PLEASURE to work with her!” they signed the post.
Working at the Raising Canes counter on Tuesday was an amazing new employee: Mean Girls star Avantika Vandanapu.
“Hot fresh chicken for Amelia!” Avantika was jubilant after completing the order successfully.
“I have class right after this,” she noted at the beginning of the clip.
Vandanapu is not the first celebrity to collaborate with the restaurant.
Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix served customers at Raising Cane’s in California last year, and Post Malone collaborated with the brand to open a Dallas Cowboy themed version of the restaurant.
Avantika stars alongside Renee Rapp, Angourie Rice, Bebe Woods and more in the new musical reboot of Mean Girls, which even features a surprise cameo from original star Lindsay Lohan.
According to Lohan, who played newcomer Cady Heron in the 2004 cult classic, she was paid about $500,000 for half a day’s work. Diversity.
Lohan made a brief appearance in the new musical adaptation, appearing in a math competition scene that drew parallels to her character’s storyline in the original film.
While she’s not reprising her role, Lohan pays homage to the character’s time with The Mathletes at North Shore High School.
Lindsay’s cameo references the scene with the mathematicians in the original.
Avantika worked as a shift worker at the reception desk.
She prepared fresh slices of bread and butter in the kitchen.
She tasted freshly baked bread
Avantika admitted that she had a hard time keeping up with her lemonade orders.
The Mean Girls star isn’t the only star to collaborate with Raising Cane’s.
Avantika’s change theme was pink.
In the original, Cady and her teammates go head-to-head against a rival high school during an academic decathlon on the night of the Spring Festival.
But now, instead of competing, Lohan presides over the competition from the podium on stage.
As the students, including Cady (played by Angourie Rice), quickly throw out answers, Lohan jokes about how “familiar” the moment feels.
She happily welcomed customers to the restaurant.
Avantika buttering a piece of bread in the kitchen
Vandanapu took a group photo with Raising Cane staff.
Vandanapu plays Karen Shetty, a member of the Plastics clique, in the new reboot
Her surprise cameo drew rapturous applause at the New York premiere last week, according to Variety.
The possibility of a cameo by the original cast had previously been ruled out by Tina Fey, the brains behind the Mean Girls universe.
Talking to The newspaper “New York TimesShe said Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert were too “busy” to sign on.