Ann-Margret Tells Us She Endorses Lindsay Lohan to Play Her

In an interview on “Good Morning America” July 28, Jamie Lee Curtis — who has made many a-headline herself just lately — mentioned she has made it her mission to get Lindsay Lohan forged 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 mentioned. “So, each day on Instagram… I discover movies of her again within the day, and I ship (Lohan) each day movies (of Ann-Margret).” And Lohan added that she used to observe Ann-Margret’s films together with her grandmother.

In an interview with IndieWire, Ann-Margret mentioned that she co-signs Lohan as her portrayer.

“I do know that she desires to do this,” she mentioned. “It simply depends upon what the dialogue is like. What can I say? I am keen on her. I believe she’s filled with expertise, and I simply want to see what they’ll give you.”

When requested if there’s a interval of her life Ann-Margret believes can be greatest to depict on moviethe “Carnal Data” star mentioned 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 (by way of Individuals) final 12 months that they have been engaged on the story for the movie, including “It must be the best way that she desires it to be, so I really need it to be particular in that approach.”

She additionally informed Bustle“She’s a triple risk, and she or he’s a tremendous girl on high of that. So I simply actually need to do her justice and assist inform an awesome story for her.” She inspired folks 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 buddies over and tells him she’s not leaving and principally 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 embody Juliet Mills and Mamie Van Doren. You’ll be able to learn our interview with Van Doren, posted at present, right here.