Tabloid attention whore? Check. Hot mess on the clubbing scene? Check. Never ending supply of TMZ fodder? Check. Going to PRISON soon? CHECK. Next movie role lined up is a portrayal of adult film icon Linda Lovelace? Checkity check check. Ladies and gentlemen, the new Lindsay Lohan!
First of all, I would love the story of Linda Lovelace to hit the silver screen. It has everything; sex, drugs, intrigue, controversy. And who better to play the woman who became, still to this day, America’s most famous porn star than ANOTHER avatar for sex, drugs, intrigue and controversy; Lindsay “I don’t have a problem” Lohan?
Last month, Lohan was reported to have signed on to do the upcoming indie flick “Inferno,” documenting the life of Linda Lovelace, who in 1972 made the world blush with “Deep Throat”. It has now been confirmed by photographer Tyler Shields that this is indeed a reality. Unless of course she gets fired off this gig too. She was apparently let go last week from the film “The Other Side” when financiers refused to fund the project so long as her name was attached. She had since been deemed “Not Bankable.”
But this is a wise move for LiLo. In fact, every one involved in this maneuver is fucking brilliant. First of all, she kinda looks like Linda Lovelace, whose real name was Linda Susan Boreman. Maybe not so much in the boobs arena but they both do indeed have those freckels. Secondly, she needs this kind of role to capitalize on her problems currently and make them a feature, rather than a liability. One needs simply to think back on Rob Lowe’s 1990 performance in “Bad Influence,” his film that followed the sex-with-a-minor-ON-VIDEOTAPE fiasco, to remember how well this plan works in such dire situations.
She can bring a grit that will lend itself to the portrayal of a woman who emerged a ‘superstar’ with the release, in mainstream theaters no less, of a hardcore porn film that shook the imaginations and boundaries of 1970′s America. Lovelace would forever chase that fame, starring in the R-rated sequel “Deep Throat 2″, and a softcore film that tried to sensationalize her floundering fame; “Linda Lovelace for President.” Ultimately she would rise up against porn and become one of it’s most fierce opponents, claiming her career was started at gunpoint, and that her agent and husband Chuck Traynor (who would later meet and marry Marilyn Chambers) betrayed her and held her as a sex hostage.
See? Mystery! Intrigue! Sex and drugs! Every thing that fans around the world have already been associating with both Lindsay Lohan AND the late Linda Lovelace (she died following a car accident on April 22nd, 2002 in Denver Colorado).
Put these two together and we get gold.
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