Last week, the horrible news broke that Lindsay Lohan is in ongoing talks to play the iconic Elizabeth Taylor in a Lifetime movie. Indeed, it’s a dreadful proposition to think that a (relatively, in Hollywood terms) classy woman like Liz could possibly be portrayed by a desperate ex-actress who still crashes Globe parties like a crackhead loser. Well, the casting equation has become even further muddled, for now it seems that Lohan has some interesting new competition in the form of Megan Fox. Yes, you read that correctly:
It appears Lindsay Lohan isn’t the only starlet in talks to play Elizabeth Taylor.
Although the Mean Girls star confirmed she is still up for the role in the buzz-worthy biopic to E! News Sunday night at the Weinstein Company Golden Globes after party, we’ve learned Lohan has some competition by way of Megan Fox.
“I’ve been talking to Lindsay Lohan directly, and with her reps, and have been in conversations with other actresses, including Megan Fox,” Larry Thompson, the executive producer of Lifetime’s Liz and Dick, told E! News exclusively.
Thompson declined to elaborate further on specifics of the negotiations, but added that being in talks with more than one actress is not meant as an affront to the talent involved, but rather is simply de rigueur for projects of this nature.
“It’s a very serious selection,” Thompson continued. “It’s like casting for Hollywood royalty.”
And speaking of serious, a source tells E! News that while Lohan is still one of the frontrunners for the role, her probation status is “a complication.”
Lohan, who is on probation until the end of March, is due back in court Tuesday morning to face the judge in a probation status update hearing.
So, when will we know which star nabbed the role?
Rather soon, since the filmmaker plans to start shooting the movie in Canada as soon as this spring.
[From E! Online]
Say what you want about Megan Fox. Although I’ve grown to like her as a person, it’s rather obvious that, as a leading lady, she’s an exquisitely beautiful yet extremely unaware actress. If you think I’m being too hard on her, well, then you must not have seen Passion Play (which by the way, is available on Netflix Instant Watch if you’re curious). Still, Megan is working hard to get back into Hollywood’s good graces with a turn on Broadway plus supporting roles in both The Dictator and Friends With Kids. At least we know that Megan would show up on set every day and show some semblance of professionalism. She lives a quiet domestic life with her husband and therefore wouldn’t be clubbing until 3am like someone else. Also unlike Lindsay, Megan’s completely over the Marilyn Monroe obsession. That’s gotta count for something, right?
And at least Megan looks the part in a more physical sense.
Whereas Lindsay just looks like a crackhead wearing a Liz Taylor wig.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN, and Interview mag
I will take Meghan Fox any day over Rabid Cracken. Please let Meghan sign!
Poor Dame Liz, who must be turning in her grave knowing that the 2 contenders to portray her are a crackie POS and a wooden, terrible (sorry, Megan) actress.
i was thinking the same thing. poor liz.
i mean lindsay lohan and megan fox.. why dont we throw kim k into the mix since shes such a huge fan
OH GOSH….don’t joke like that
Yeah, you know it’s bad when Megan Fox wins the part over you. Linnocent may once upon a time have been a talented actress, but that ship has sailed. At least MF will show up, sober, and perhaps (after having learned a few lessons the hard way) be coachable by a director.
The budget for this film must be in the crapper. If the only choices are those two women. Lohan could probably be gotten for around $150.00 since she is in zero demand and has no fan base.
Crapper budget? Uh yeah, it’s Lifetime lol
Definitely Megan over crackie!
If it’s like ”casting Hollywood royalty” then why is he so hellbent on picking actress’s from the bottom of the barrel?
Exactly. There are so many other TALENTED actresses to choose from. Pathetic.
A week ago I would have never thought I’d welcome the possibility of Megan Fox playing Elizabeth Taylor… and yet, here I am saying YES.
ABL… Anyone but Lohan.
Me too, never thought I’d see the day where I’m rooting for Megan Fox.
What’s even more atrocious is the fact that Lohan is so delusional that she obviously believes she could do it.
This would be a difficult role for anyone less than an A-lister to play; much less a crackie with “issues”.
Why can’t they get a quality actress to play the part one is crack out the can can’t act her way out of a paper bag Elizabeth Taylor deceives more than to have these two low low rent so called actress play her in any movie, the whole thig is just sad.
Wow, well either way, this movie will probably suck. Hard. Interesting that both of these actresses have had so much plastic surgery that they have come to somehow resemble each other in a weird way. Creepy..
If I had to choose between the two of them I would choose Megan. The crackie can’t act her way out of a plastic bag.
Meagan has a passing resemblance to Liz and is very pretty. Sh has the acting talent of a slug hibernating in the winter garden but oh well. Lindsay looks a mess. What could be done to make her even passable, let alone beautiful? Plus once she’s got the role you know she’ll stop showing up and put partying first. Heaven help me, I don’t know why anyone would even consider her, given her partying. But if she gets the role, I hope she doesn’t muck it up and sticks to the filming schedule.
dang!!! they are really scraping low for this film-which pisses me off!!
Liz was an icon, these ditzes should NOT even be considered.
what is that chick’s name?? the one w/the short pixie cut that sometimes struggles w/her weight or she claims that weight watchers has helped her??
she played in that comedy w/Jen A, I think..forget it, brain fart.
I’m disappointed in this film already.
Ginnifer Goodwin?
YESYESYES!!!
thanks, I couldn’t think of her name.
her body type and facial shape is similar to Liz’s..
not crackie and bony test dummy!!!
Thank you, for the help!
At least Lindsay CAN act, Megan may look the part but the b@#*^ can’t act…
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Act like a crackhead maybe.
You are right! Even though she is a crackhead she can act much better than Megan Fox.
Megan would make a beautiful Liz Taylor. Maybe her acting isn’t up to much yet but I think she’s making a really concerted effort to grow up and get better work. Maybe a film like this could really improve her career. And let’s be honest, Megan deserves this more than LL. At least she’s *trying* to clean up her act. I’m not a LL hater but she’s just so damn irresponsible that it pisses me off.
I never, ever thought I would say this but…
I hope Megan gets the part.
Let us note that this is on Lifetime, where Jennifer Love Hewitt portrayed Audrey Hepburn. It isn’t like it is a My week with Marilyn caliber project.
True!!
thanks for the reminder.
good point
=D I mega-LOLed at that.
Not quite as bad as Hollywood trying to make a movie about Grace Kelly, but still really, really, a bad idea.
why the need to inflict this pain on people?
Only way to get guys to watch this (cast Megan in it 🙂
LOL! True, men love Megan that’s for sure.
Im going thru some personal issues right now… your comment: “Whereas Lindsay just looks like a crackhead wearing a Liz Taylor wig.” just made me smile for the first time today.. thanks!!
she is not as bad as a lot of other starlets, but lainey says she’s does not live a quiet domestic life. She’s said numerous times that the neighbors call the police on them regularly for horrible domestic fights, and that both her and her hubby are tweakers. Yikes. It would explain her messing with her face so much too early in the game.
Megan Fox should get this, Lindsay doesnt deserve it !!!! Plus Megan has the dark hair and blue eyes !!
Yes, but having dark hair and blue eyes is not good enough. Megan would have to prove she can play the role. If she can’t capture Liz Taylor’s personality and mannerisms this role is not for her. Unless she proves me wrong I don’t think she can pull it off given her limited acting range and talent. I have seen other young actresses act way better than her. It is hard to believe she and Lindsay are the only actresses they could find for the role. As some posters said, there are real talented actresses out there. They could find the right one. Honestly these two so called actresses are the last women I would consider for the role. Liz Taylor wouldn’t approve of these casting choices. Neither has her class or grace or talent. They can find a real actress who could do her justice. She deserves better.
I don’t think either of them could to Elizabeth Taylor justice, I would vote for Megan as Liz up to the age of say 40 and then Lindsay Lohan to play her over the age of 40 😉
(Sorry but have you seen those photos from the Globe after party? She looks like she’s someones grandmother!)
HAHAHAHAHA!!
Barf! They would both have to lay off the coke and start eating to get to Liz’s healthy weight. How can anyone even consider either of them? Neither of them can act.
This is so sad.
Didn’t I read some where that Kate Winslet was looking to play that role as well?
Pretty sure an Oscar winner isn’t angling for a Lifetime movie.
Lifetime.
I can’t get by both of their tweaked faces. Liz did not ever have the tweaked plastic face. It is ridiculous to me that these young people have already gone down the plastic surgery road. What are they going to look like at 40? Hollywood today is nothing like the old Hollywood, so who really can play the part? I don’t know as it seems like everyone is stretched and pulled with blown-up fish lips. I mean just take a look at those pics of Liz in her prime.
Lindsay, NO. Megan, yes!
Sounds like this guy is enjoying the publicity, because who would care otherwise? It’s a Lifetime movie.
Megan is a terrible actress. That said, Megan would be a huge step up from Blohan.
She at least looks the part a bit more, and may not OD on the set.
Megan, the lesser of the two evils
Weird. I thought people in Hollywood respected and admired Liz Taylor. Apparently not. They would be better off casting a talented unknown. Or what about Lily Collins or the new Olsen sister?
In the side-by-side pix of Lilo and Megs, Lohan looks about 30 years older than Megan.
How many times do we have to hear that Lindsay is up for a certain role? This, like the Gotti movie, the Lovelace role, ETC. is FAKE & used either: 1) for Lindsay to keep up the attention whoring, or 2) for the studio, to bring attention to the upcoming production, or 3) both.
Lindsay can’t get insurance to be on a movie set. It can’t and won’t happen anytime soon, if ever. She will never get that role, and everyone involved is aware of this, but hey it garners “free” publicity for all parties, so they’ll keep it out there until they actually start production.
So transparent and obnoxious.
How about we scrap the project altogether when the two finalists are Crackie Lohan and Megan Catface Fox? I mean seriously…ET is a effing legend, this is Jennifer Love Hewitt as Audrey Hepburn 2.0.
Geesh, you made me get choked!!
no truer words have been spoken, smdh.
They should save Lindsey for the remake of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf!!!!
Ok, that would actually be kind of epic. I would actually watch that. She won’t even need to act, they can just let her booze and drug all she wants and then roll the cameras.
Wow, brilliant!
I’ve grown to like Megan, too. Once upon a time, Lindsay was the better actress, but who even knows if that’s the case anymore since she hasn’t acted much in years. At least Megan is still an actress, does not come with any crack drama, and resembles Liz in a way. Although, I’m not sure about Megan taking a Lifetime movie role. Sure, she’s no great thespian, but surely that would be a step down for her? I mean, she is still in actual MOVIES, unlike, ahem, LiLo.
Ya she been in like 5 movies only two of them did good watch was Transforms everything else boomed big time, two are still to come but with friends with kids she has such a small role that it doesn’t matter.
and while I like that megan dogged on michael bay and his infinitely small penis, this girls rearranged her face significantly in the past two years for a reason. Girl’s been doing too much of the bad stuff, that’s why her face looks melted now. Usage shows on your face quickly, and all the botox and fillers and scapels aren’t going to hide it honey.
Usage of what exactly makes you look like that? I am honestly curious because she looks SO different than she used to, and it’s not just the weight gain.
hahaha these coke head bitches are fighting for what some tiny penis exec boner is throwing them!! hahahahahahe probably whispered in their ears, “Marilyn is over done and boring, blah blah blah.”
hahaha hollywood also knows that marilyn is played the fuck out and now they’re trying to get ppl on the Taylor bandwagon, so we(the public) will become obsessed with the old white diamond.
oh don’t you know, megan removed the tat because marilyn was “negative energy” or something i just knew she would come up with some dumb explanation like that.
Megan at least looks the part and for God’s sake it’s a lifetime movie. Katie Holmes played Jackie Kennedy and was OK in a tv movie. Ginnifer Goodwin is a good suggestion though. Evan Rachel Wood would be an amazing choice.
Evan Rachel Wood would make a good Vivien Leigh, I think.
Camilla Belle. Look her up, she’d be perfect.
She was the first one I thought of too! It’s the eyebrows (eyes). They do look alot alike and unlike these two ”actresses” – she can act!
I have a huge headache from bangin my head on this desk……to say that either of these 2 girls could be good enough to play the one and only Elizabeth Taylor….falls into the same category that has Ashton Kutcher as an A-lister. I just can’t see it!!!!
But, with her current state of alchohol/coke-bloat I guess ol’ Linds could pull off ET in the bad years…maybe……nope, sorry I can’t see it.
*back to bangin head on desk*
At least Megan could look the part (if she put on a bit of healthy weight…). It seems Lindsay is past the point of no return with all the plastic surgery, skin damage, and the many problems drugs have caused on her body.
She’d act better, sure, but she passed up the chance to be a star when she decided to be a crackhead instead.
Plus, although Megan has never been the best of an actress, she is- as far as I know -not a crackhead and dedicated to doing well at her job. Wasn’t she taking acting classes? Kudos to her- she has the confidence to take help. She seems to have a MUCH better head on her shoulders than Lindsay. I’d love for her to prove us wrong and be a great actress. Plus, she’s really candid and ballsy like Liz (and a stunner of course!).
Sorry that’s not going to happen she can’t act, as much as you would like her to you ether have the talent or you don’t, you can take lessons to improve your given talent but if you don’t have that talent with in her in to Meryl Streepv or even Jennifer Aniston who is just an ok one note actress. Just like singing I can’t sing if my life dependent on it, I can take lessons to not be as bad but it’s not going to turn me into Adele or any lesser singer.
These two are the choices? Might as well throw Kim Kardashian’s resume into the mix.
Megan certainly has the look but I’ve never seen anything she’s been in so I can’t judge on that. Lindsay would be a joke.
Actually, an actress that is not well known at all would be their best bet, I think. On the other hand, it’s LIFETIME, not something for the theaters. Thank goodness. THEN, it would be heart breaking if these were the options.
Agree. Game of Thrones got many unknowns and that worked out extremely well.
nice to see a curvy figure on liz 🙂
Both would be horrifically wrong. But this is Hollywood. The place where they cast Jennifer Love Hewitt as Audrey Hepburn. 🙁
If you want sensual and alluring, check out this on Megan and see how she’d be just right for Liz who was also sensual and alluring.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtbn8X0XKH8
Yeah, but Liz didn’t get all the plastic surg til she got older.
And liz could act its not just about looks here.
That picture of Lindsay looks like a bulldog dressed in drag as Karen from Goodfellas
That picture of Lindsay looks like a bulldog dressed as Karen from Goodfellas
That picture of Lindsay looks like a bull dog dressed in drag as Karen from Goodfellas
Can I choose the “none of the above” option? Both would be terribly wrong for this part.
But if I really HAD TO choose one of them, I’d choose Fox. Lohan was a decent actress and a beautiful girl in the past, but now she just casts a bad spell on anything she gets involved with.
Agree. And at least Megan would actually show up to work and make an effort. It’s embarassing that Lohan is considered an option. Maybe Lifetime is doing this for publicity for the movie, honestly. If she were not an option, would everyone be talking about it? If that’s the case, it’s a good idea on their part. I will certainly be tuning in when the time comes.
choosing either one would be really awful…almost as terrible as casting demi moore as gloria steinem.
I know this is just a Lifetime movie but good grief. A shame that HBO or Showtime isn’t interested. At least then it would be a quality movie. How can the producer say Elizabeth is Hollywood royalty and cast Lindsay or Megan.
5 or 6 years ago Linsay may have been able to pull throught such role. Now? Forget it. So sad seeing a really beatiful and talented young girl come to what she is today thanks to a junkie devious father and a jelous, envious, wannabe star of a mother. Even worst I doubt she ever comes to realize what a real trouble both her parents are to her
WOW!In the top pic,apart thee hair color,they totally lookalike!
Sausage lips & pointed nose!HUMHUM… seems that their plastic surgeon rarely vary his routine!
Megan Fox or La Lohan as Liz Taylor???YEEEEES!
NOOOOOO………. Q__Q
I guess i’d prefer to see Will Smith in the role of Mick Jagger rather than this blasphemy!
Damn!
Megan Fox Vs Lindsay Lohan?
Is it only what Hollywood is offering us these days? O.o
Well,their must be others young,talented,FRESH & naturally pretty actresses suitable for this type of role!
Well,you know,a sort of young Liz Taylor…
Anyway…
If Megan Fox finally gets the part,i am sure it’s only because Hollywood still has the Grace Kelly biopic project reserved for Lindsay!
Cant wait for these movies to be released!!!
I hope Megan gets it, I like her and hope to see her get better as an actress
Megan over Lindsey.
I think pretty much the only thing Lohan would be bringing to the role is the jaw-bloat that Taylor sometimes had.
This makes me remember that teenage diva movie they both acted in. I was rooting for Lindsay then. Now for neither of them.
Also note that Elizabeth Taylor looks more amazing in men’s clothes than all those idiots always strutting around in their underwear (especially certain ‘ladies’ in the music industry could learn from that).
when will these famehoes learn? liz taylor was beautiful, intelligent and could act. these cheap tricks are nothing like her. i hope a real actress will be cast. angelina would be a good choice imo, but we’ll see.
I’d rather see an unknown actress who has the presence, looks and talent to do justice to Taylor than either of these deluded muppets pitiful attempts. Insulting. Liz must be turning in her grave.
Hollywood must be out of real actresses. Liz Taylor deserves a real biopic.
I think they could find talented actresses. These two are a joke. Sorry, Lindsay and Megan. Liz Taylor would definitely roll over her grave.
There can’t be a shortage of real, talented actresses. I have nothing against Lindsay or Megan but I can’t see either in this role. Bad casting decision even if Megan looks the part. When I heard the news I thought: ‘ they can’t be serious!’ There must be real talented actresses out there. I can’t believe Lindsay or Megan are the only actresses they could pick for the role. They need to continue to look for more actresses. I agree considering one of them would be an insult to Liz Taylor. She would be turning in her grave knowing no other actresses could be considered to play her.
Ug, a choice between these two? What a disservice to Elizabeth Taylor 🙁
Exactly. Poor Liz Taylor.
Lindsay’s personal problems are not an issue. I am not judging her for that. Her acting may not be impressive but i think she has more emotional range than Megan ‘wooden’ Fox. That doesn’t make her suitable for the role. Personally I can’t see her playing Liz Taylor. She looks nothing like her. Megan is wiser than Lindsay but that doesn’t make her a great actress. I agree she has more resemblance to Liz Taylor, but I have doubts about her ability to give an accurate portrayal of Liz Taylor. She is no Meryl Streep. I hope she will prove me wrong for the sake of the people who cast her. If she doesn’t get it right she will be hammered by critics and the casting people will regret their decision. They can cast her if they think she is the better choice for the role. It will be their decision. Frankly they should try to find somebody much better than these two. Megan and Lindsay can’t be their only options.