LOS ANGELES—Notorious actress Lindsay Lohan has been cast for the role of late adult film star Linda Lovelace for an upcoming film about the 1970s porn scene, according to published reports.
"We've all thought that Lindsay would be a great choice for a while now, and we're all convinced that she is going to do it," Inferno producer Wali Razaqi told the Los Angeles Times. "For at least a year, the director [Matthew Wilder] and I have gone back and forth imagining how awesome of a performance she could give if she was in the movie."
Lovelace, who died in 2002, had drug problems and was famously ambivalent about her career.
"Not that Lindsay's life is similar in any way – but she's been through a lot of ups and downs," Razaqi told the Times. "A lot of times you're loved and then you're hated, and I think she can relate to those emotions and feelings. One week she's the 'it' girl, and the next, she's the 'What are you doing?' girl."
According to the report, Razaqi says an announcement about Lohan's casting will be made at the Cannes Film Festival this month.
