In an interview on “Good Morning America” July 28, Jamie Lee Curtis — who has made many a-headline herself not too long ago — stated she has made it her mission to get Lindsay Lohan solid as Ann-Margret in a biopic of the legendary star.
“I’m going to out you now to the world — I would like her to do the Ann-Margret story,” Curtis stated. “So, daily on Instagram… I discover movies of her again within the day, and I ship [Lohan] daily movies [of Ann-Margret].” And Lohan added that she used to observe Ann-Margret’s films along with her grandmother.
In an interview with IndieWire, Ann-Margret stated that she co-signs Lohan as her portrayer.
“I do know that she needs to do this,” she stated. “It simply depends upon what the dialogue is like. What can I say? I like her. I feel she’s stuffed with expertise, and I simply wish to see what they’ll give you.”
When requested if there’s a interval of her life Ann-Margret believes could be greatest to depict on movie, the “Carnal Information” star stated she wasn’t positive — although there may be loads of gold to mine from, together with a dramatic 1972 fall onstage whereas performing in Lake Tahoe, her a lot mentioned relationship with Elvis Presley, her rocket to stardom in “Bye Bye Birdie,” and her resurgence as a multi-Oscar-nominated star within the ’70s.
Lohan informed Andy Cohen (through Folks) final 12 months that they have been engaged on the story for the movie, including “It needs to be the best way that she needs it to be, so I actually need it to be particular in that manner.”
She additionally informed Bustle, “She’s a triple menace, and she or he’s a tremendous lady on prime of that. So I simply actually need to do her justice and assist inform a terrific story for her.” She inspired folks to observe Ann-Margret’s 1964 movie “Kitten With a Whip,” describing the plot as about “this lady who breaks out of a psychological establishment and breaks into this man’s home who’s working for senator, and begins inviting all her mates over and tells him she’s not leaving and mainly holds him hostage in his own residence.”
Be careful for IndieWire’s full interview with Ann-Margret subsequent week. She is going to seem on the Cinecon Movie Pageant in Los Angeles Labor Day weekend, August 29-September 1. Different honorees embody Juliet Mills and Mamie Van Doren. You’ll be able to learn our interview with Van Doren, posted at the moment, right here.