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It’s official Lindsay Lohan will be playing Elizabeth Taylor in a new Lifetime movie, Liz and Dick. Lindsay has long been rumored to be attached to the film but now it’s official…now that her probation has come to a close.
“We have wanted Lindsay from day one,” Thompson tells E! News in an exclusive interview. “She had a lot in her life that was going on. We needed to give her time to take care of her business, and while we negotiated the deal for her we prayed for her—and wonderfully she has behaved. She’s cleared herself and we’re ready to start this movie.”
“We truly feel that Lindsay Lohan is perfect for Elizabeth Taylor for our movie….I think Lindsay—who is very gifted—deserved another chance,” Thompson explained. “We never, of three pages of ‘what if’s’ in the negotiation, there never was ‘what if she can’t act.’ We know she can act.”
“We could hire actresses that would be great and people would watch it, but I think that Lindsay brings to Elizabeth Taylor and to our project that sparkle of magic, that sparkle of today,” Thompson reveals while tearing up and recounting the emotional rollercoaster of casting the less-than-perfect LiLo.
“She is today what Elizabeth Taylor was in her life during the time that our movie will cover. I think, while there are a lot of people who know Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Lindsay will bring a young audience to our movie who might not otherwise know who they are.”
Liz & Dick will begin filming in June and debut on Lifetime in October, but not everyone is excited about Lindsay portraying Elizabeth, Rosie O’Donnell has beef with the casting choice.”On ‘SNL’ it wasn’t as though she delivered,” said O’Donnell. “People watched expecting, hoping, wishing, but she needs a lot of help. I don’t think she’s right for the role, and I don’t think she’s capable at this point of doing what’s needed to portray that character,’’ she said. “I think the interest level in her has waned significantly.’’While Star thought that people will still watch Lohan for the potential “train wreck,” Rosie wasn’t buying it.”
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