![]() ![]() ![]() Where are you? What’s your next movie? It’s this right here Woody. I think it would be so ironic if the role that I ended up playing was myself. ![]() Well, people are looking at the book, considering turning it into a movie and I would love for that to happen. So I run a calligraphy business out of New York called Letters In Ink, I’m now an author and I still continue to audition for tv shows and movies. So I was doing to chalkboard menus at restaurants and cafes in Toronto and it kind of became a thing. I had come back to Toronto a couple of times and I had very casually started this calligraphy business. If you’re willing to take chances amazing things can happen. I really learned that you really shouldn’t let the fear of failure stand in your way. It allowed me to kind of mourn the loss of this big dream that I had. Running away was actually kind of the best thing for me. I moved to Munich and I became a nanny for two little kids. So I actually ended up running away from home. So I was kind of crushed when I found out someone else was cast. And then a few months later, after this six-year journey, I found out that Ang Lee, the final director, didn’t want an actor. This was something that was to continue for 6 years. A ll the while I continued researching for this part. The adaptation of the book went through 5 different directors. I wanted to perfect that South Indian accent. And I learned how to walk like those Indian kids. I enrolled in the boy's school that Pi attends, this little seminary called Petit Seminaire. I flew to South India where the book takes place. And I made it my mission to land that part. On the set of "Mean Girls," the cameraman had read a book and he came up to me one day and was like,"You’re the lead character in this book I just finished."Ĭause here, finally, was that lead role that wasn’t playing the stereotypical, nerdy Indian kid. And I felt like Tina Fey had written this accurate depiction of what it meant to be a first-generation Indian guy in North America. This rapping math guy that didn’t have an Indian accent and bobble his head. When I auditioned for "Mean Girls," I was at this point in my life as an actor where I was so frustrated with the stereotype. And it still surprises me that 14-year-olds come up to me and say,"Oh my God! You’re Kevin G." It’s going straight to DVD." Then "Mean Girls" came out and it became this big thing and I was shocked. It’s called 'Mean Girls' and it’s starring Lindsay Lohan. She had worked on some pretty big movies and she was like, "Oh please. ![]() I remember sitting in the hair and makeup chair one morning and asking the hair stylist how she thought it would do. And Lindsay, at that point, wasn’t a huge star. The only sort of big name on set was Lindsay. "Mean Girls" was a lot of fun to shoot because no one on set was a big star. ‘Cuz the next time you see her, she be like,'Ohhh! Kevin G!'" The G is silent when I sneak in your doorĪnd make love to your woman on the bathroom floor. And I had no idea that was going to become one of the iconic moments of "Mean Girls." This two-minute ridiculous rap. I didn’t think this rap was going to be a big deal. I’m Rajiv Surendra and many of you probably know me as Kevin G. Rajiv Surendra, the author of "The Elephants In My Backyard: A Memoir," is best known for his portrayal of Kevin G in the Tina Fey-written "Mean Girls." He recounts his famous role, how he once ran away from home and became a nanny in Munich, starting a business in New York, and what else he's up to these days. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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