Disney's the Parent Trap by Hallie Marshall

Becoming frequent tabloid fodder whilst also a celeb household name with appearances on Saturday Night Live and hosting awards shows, Lohan started to take more off-beat roles with high calibre cast and crew.

Lohan struggled to hit the heights of success she met with Mean Girls, Herbie: Fully Loaded marking the start of disappointing box office returns along with rom-com Just My Luck. One that worked for fans, but didn’t mesh with her squeaky clean good girl cinematic image. Her music however portrayed the more mature and aggressive side of Lohan’s personality. Desperate to break her teen queen mould, Herbie was an older role of a recent college graduate, but still, the film aimed at a younger target audience. It was during the production of Herbie that the duality of the Lohan seen on screen and the one seen out in Hollywood started to come to light. It’s hard to imagine Lohan in the role that Rachel McAdams excelled in, but this marked the beginning of a tug of war between the image Lohan wanted to portray and the role Hollywood insiders wanted her to fit.Īfter the success of Mean Girls, Lohan signed on to her fifth Disney film Herbie: Fully Loaded ( Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen releasing between Freaky Friday and Mean Girls) whilst at the same time recording her first studio album. Originally wanting to play infamous villain Regina George, Lohan auditioned for the role with director Mark Waters claiming she was ‘exactly what I knew I needed for Regina George’, But due to the success of Lohan’s previous Disney work, Paramount asked for her to play the lead Cady Heron, a more likeable character that fit more in line with her public image. She signed on as the lead in Tina Fey’s new film Mean Girls. What happened next was unexpected, and cemented Lohan’s name in Hollywood. It was a success all around with Lohan and Curtis sharing excellent screen chemistry and it pushed Lohan into a new pack of ‘Teen Queens’ with similar stars Hilary Duff and the Olsen Twins.

Lohan stayed loyal to Disney, returning for another remake, this time Freaky Friday starring Jamie Lee Curtis. Convincingly portraying both parts, with contrasting accents and an identity swap within the film, she entered the public consciousness and Disney snapped her up for a three picture deal: Life Size and Get A Clue followed shortly after though not making the same impact as The Parent Trap. Arriving on the scene in a remake of the Disney classic The Parent Trap, Lohan played the dual roles of twin sisters Annie and Hallie.

Disney's the Parent Trap by Hallie Marshall