Mean Girls has set the internet ablaze as a movie musical remake of the beloved 2004 comedy, but unfortunately Harry Styles couldn’t star in the hit film.

Movie directors Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne told The Hollywood Reporter why they initially chose Harry for a classic role.

Samantha explained how they decided to keep few aspects from the original film.

She said, “There’s certain comedy that that flew and was funny 20 years ago, that just doesn’t fly today. We all knew that. But there are certain iconic lines where we would joke that there would be riots in the streets if it wasn’t in there. Like “You go, Glen Coco!”‘ Give the people what they want. Give me what I want! But when we were like, “Who’s Glen Coco?”

It was Arturo who suggested Harry for a classic role, “Who can it be? I remember us going, could we ask, like Harry Styles?”

Samantha continued, “We were like Harry Styles could be Glen Coco! Then we were like, hold on, we love to break the fourth wall: What if we are all Glen Coco? So, after 20 years, we can all feel like Glen Coco.”

Mean Girls made $11.65 million from 3,791 theaters across Friday and preview screenings, tracking to a four-day opening of $31.5 million.

Later in the discussions, the directors got candid about the tracks of the blockbuster movie.

Arturo explained, “Some songs deepen character, and some songs move story along. This does both. It extends over three months of the school year and, at the beginning, Cady is innocent and then by the end she is getting comfy being a plastic.”

Mean Girls stars Angourie Rice, Auliʻi Cravalho and Christopher Briney with Reneé Rapp reprising her role.