In an interview on “Good Morning America” July 28, Jamie Lee Curtis — who has made many a-headline herself just lately — 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, every single day on Instagram… I discover movies of her again within the day, and I ship [Lohan] every single day movies [of Ann-Margret].” And Lohan added that she used to observe Ann-Margret’s motion pictures 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 desires to do this,” she stated. “It simply depends upon what the dialogue is like. What can I say? I am keen on her. I believe she’s stuffed with expertise, and I simply wish to see what they will provide you with.”
When requested if there’s a interval of her life Ann-Margret believes could be greatest to depict on movie, the “Carnal Data” star stated she wasn’t certain — although there’s 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 desires it to be, so I really need it to be particular in that manner.”
She additionally informed Bustle, “She’s a triple menace, and he or she’s a tremendous lady on prime of that. So I simply actually need to do her justice and assist inform an amazing story for her.” She inspired individuals to observe Ann-Margret’s 1964 movie “Kitten With a Whip,” describing the plot as about “this woman who breaks out of a psychological establishment and breaks into this man’s home who’s working for senator, and begins inviting all her pals 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 Competition in Los Angeles Labor Day weekend, August 29-September 1. Different honorees embrace Juliet Mills and Mamie Van Doren. You possibly can learn our interview with Van Doren, posted in the present day, right here.
