Lindsay Lohan has signed on to star in Manson Girls. She will play¬† the one who stayed home and didn’t go creepy crawling all the way to the pokey. E! got the news exclusively:
A source familiar with the deal says that despite the fact that Lohan has had some recent brushes with the law and just completed rehab, “the production company is insuring her for the film.”
Yeah, gee I wonder why. Anything to get anyone to see the movie.¬† This is a juicier role than Ms. Lohan is used to, as Nancy (aka “Brenda”) goes from being a bored teenager to one of Manson’s most passionate and devoted followers. She was there when Charlie X’d himself out of our world, after all. Pittman ended up joining the Aryan brotherhood after Charlie, which isn’t that surprising knowing Charlie’s lame-brained scheme to start a race war.
I wonder who will be cast as the other psycho killers?
I actually think Lindsay can act, despite all the hell she seems to raise around her. I mean, she was the best thing in “Georgia Rule” (not hard, considering the awfulness of the actual movie) and the most tolerable aspect of “Chapter 27”, and these were made at the height of her media (over)exposure. I agree with Mike B. that this could be a make or break role for her.
But I also believe Hollywood loves to whitewash stories, so I’m kind of expecting that this gruesome story, which could be challenging material for a lot of actors (in a good way), will not only be toned down as to not offend any sensibilities, but it will probably be about Nancy, the clueless-but-essentialy-good-at-heart-who-didn’t-know-what-she-got-herself-into girl who in the end came to her senses and decided that Manson was wrong, but was still unable to stop the murders, and got blamed for it nonetheless.
I hope they have their priorities in the right place.
ahhh, yes. The TV movie I didn’t see. Thanks K. I’m always 4 years too late with the ideas.
I think this could be the break it or make it role for Lohan. By that I mean if this doesn’t do it for her than I don’t really think she can have a career in this business any longer…
He’s already played Manson…
“Jeremy Davies should play Manson.”
That would be a brilliant casting choice.
Jeremy Davies should play Manson.
I hear you, K Trout. I’m sure lots of other starlets will step forward to play the other, more prominent girls. Could it be they got the Lohan news out first so that others might be lured to the project? Here is my list of perfect girls for it:
Evan Rachel Wood – Linda Kasabian
Anne Hathaway – Susan Atkins
Katherine Heigl – Patricia Krenwinkel
Ellen Page – Squeaky
Katie Holmes – Leslie Van Houten
Pittman? Talk about scrounging for ass. She was a nobody. If you’re making a movie about the Manson girls, I want Squeaky Fromme. Or Susan Atkins. Or Patricia Krenwinkel. Or even Linda Kasabian.
It’s Hollywood being gangsterized, one meltdown at a time.
That’s the ticket.
From that picture I would say Lindsay is perfect casting for a film called Manson Girls. Though I think the girl who stayed home is the wrong role.
What about Amy Winehouse??!
“Hollywood being gangsterized” lol. So true though.
Linds is becoming a bit of a psycho too, I could feel it bubbling under the surface in “The Parent Trap” and now she gets to so us what she has in her most personal role yet.
I am just obsessed with psychos at the moment, so I cannot wait to see how this one turns out.
“I wonder who will be cast as the other psycho killers?”
Would make an interesting fiasco if the entire “Manson and the Mansonettes” movie were cast from this collection of headshots.
Maybe my whole premise in the Public Enemies post yesterday was bass-ackwards. It’s not gangsters being glamourized. It’s Hollywood being gangsterized, one meltdown at a time.