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First Look: LiLo as Liz

Check out Lindsay Lohan in her Taylor-made role

By Corey Levitan Jun 4, 2012 11:36AM
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TMZ has released this first photo of Lindsay Lohan on the set of the Lifetime movie "Liz & Dick." And wow, does the troubled actress look a hell of lot like the young Elizabeth Taylor.

 

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If Lohan, 25, can keep the role and not derail the movie with her antics, the Hollywood buzz has it catapulting her at least back to the B-list. It's hardly a stretch for LiLo, whose acting chops are not bad, to portray a child actress struggling against addiction and scandal to establish herself as an adult -- especially when the resemblance is this good.

Lohan will play opposite "True Blood" star Grant Bowler, 43, as Richard Burton.

"Liz & Dick" is is expected to air on Lifetime this fall.

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Jun 10, 2012 2:06AM
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I agree with almost all of the people posting - Lindsey  does not look like Elizabeth Taylor who was truly a great beauty. The writers and commentators who say she does are just showing their ignorance. Maybe Lindsey will be actress enough to tell the story. If it is important to look like Elizabeth, the actress Lilly Collins (think I am spelling that correctly) looks more like a young Elizabeth. And I think Elizabeth was a caring and passionate kind of person.
Jun 6, 2012 5:43PM
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If the writer of this actually thinks she looks like Elizabeth they should take a look at some of Liz's photos. Maybe she will do a good job, who knows? But, in my opinion this will not be a first class made for tv movie.
Jun 6, 2012 1:26PM
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I hope she does well.  I would like to have seen her as Ann- Margaret.
Jun 6, 2012 11:50AM
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Lohan looks lovely in that photo, but even made up, coiffed and costumed, her resemblance to Taylor is only vague.

It remains to be seen if Lindsay can channel enough of Liz to do this film justice. If she does, quite a few doors could open for her.
Jun 5, 2012 12:46AM
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She looks fantastic. I truly hope this is a break-out role for her. She deserves a break. Lindsay is a great actress. I was hoping Michael Fassbender got the role of Burton. He would have been great in the role. I 'm not familiar with Grant Bowler, but I will watch the film.
Jun 5, 2012 12:40AM
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If people think that Lohan's performance is going to suck then don't watch it, simple as that. I think she is beautiful and of course she is not going to look EXACTLY like Liz but that is not the point...
Joaquin Phoenix didn't look EXACTLY like Johnny Cash but he did a great job IMPERSONATING Johnny...
I think Lindsay is a good enough match. Personally I think Camille Belle resembles Elizabeth Taylor quite a bit more. She can rock that classic beauty and if you compare their pictures side by side I would say Camille would be the best match. No offense Lindsay.

Jun 4, 2012 11:56PM
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LiLo as Liz Taylor...what a travesty.
Jun 4, 2012 11:28PM
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She looks more like Joan Crawford than she does Elizabeth Taylor.  What a joke this is going to be.  Lohan has NEVER been able to act, and her only claim to fame has been her abysmal display of bad manners.
Jun 4, 2012 11:10PM
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That doesn't look like Lohan playing Taylor.  That looks like Denise Richards playing Lara Flynn Boyle.
Jun 4, 2012 10:07PM
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this reminds me of

 

Quayle: Three times that I've had this question — and I will try to answer it again for you, as clearly as I can, because the question you're asking is, "What kind of qualifications does Dan Quayle have to be president," "What kind of qualifications do I have," and "What would I do in this kind of a situation?" And what would I do in this situation? [...] I have far more experience than many others that sought the office of vice president of this country. I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency. I will be prepared to deal with the people in the Bush administration, if that unfortunate event would ever occur.
Bentsen: Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.


YOU LINSEY LOHAN ARE NO ELIZABETH TAYLOR YOU LACK THE EXPERIENCE - THE POSE - THE GRACE - THE BEAUTY - AND YOU LILO DON'T DESERVE THE ROLE.

this is just my opinion which i'm entitled to.

Jun 4, 2012 10:07PM
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Depending on what photos of a young Liz you look at, Lindsey does look like Liz. The eyes are scary close to the real thing. Bowwww says Liz slept with men she was married too. Uh uh. Didn't know alot about Liz, did you? Liz slept around with married men, before she married them. She was no saint. Hell the woman had 8 husbands. Before Liz died, she was asked if someone could play her in a movie who would it be. Her reply, LINDSEY LOHAN. Ha, take that you no good, criticizing a--holes. If Liz thought Lindsey was good enough, then so should all of you wannabe actors. 
Jun 4, 2012 9:57PM
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I just don't understand why Lohan has gotten so many chances in her career. She's only 25 now and has worked with huge stars like Jane Fonda and Geena Rowland even though she messes up constantly. She's not particularly talented and she's not a great beauty, but beyond that she's so unreliable. She's a crack whore and a nut! That's just how it is and we all know that. Why she would play hollywood royalty is beyond me. Someone mentioned Liz Taylor had problems too but I don't see having some failed marriages compares to going to jail for cocaine and stalking people. And of course she looks about as far away from Liz Taylor as humanly possible. They did a good job trying to make her look that way but they could have picked anyone else and it would have been better.
Jun 4, 2012 9:38PM
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You judgmental jerks fail to realize that Liz had her own problems and would have supported Lindsay, not judged her.  She just wasn't that kind of person.  Shut up and stop tearing other people down unless you have never made mistakes yourself.  That being said, she does look a little more like a younger Joan Crawford, but the spirit is there andI think she looks better than she has in years in this pic.  So just give her a chance.  I always thought one of the great things about this country was that we rooted for the underdog.
Jun 4, 2012 9:33PM
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Lindsey, why don't you get in character and die?
Jun 4, 2012 9:28PM
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This is an insult to Elizabeth Taylor a true beauty with talents unlike this disgusting actress. She is a no talent unattractive misbehaved moron, she's no lady like Elizabeth was. Elizabeth went to bed with men she was married to not like this slut sleeping with both sexes, drinking like a sailor and abusing other people and getting away with it. Fire Crotch is the only name she's know for and nothing else. Who in the heck did fire crotch burn to get this part?
Jun 4, 2012 9:03PM
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The only role Lohan could play is that of a Drunken Jailbird !

She couldn't even read her lines on Saturday Night Live.

I doubt if she would have past a drug test that day, or maybe she is just that stupid?

 

Hope the idiots who are making this movie lose their butts !

They certainly don't have any sense !!!

Jun 4, 2012 8:33PM
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I think she looks more like Joan Crawford. That role would be a better match. Add some honest-to-goodness flesh, to boot. I agree with Sahirnee S Silvermane.
Jun 4, 2012 8:33PM
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Nope. Elizabeth Taylor was the undisputed beauty of all time, and this girl's features are too coarse to even try to come close to Taylor. All the makeup only compounds her coarseness. Plus, she's too damn skinny. I've noted that actresses who attempt to play characters from the past tend to look odd in the costumes of past times, and the reason is that back in the day, most women were not the starved-looking walking boneyards that are stumbling around Hollywood at the current time. As a portrait and figure painter, I've studied human physiology and its accompanying hoped-for beauty most of my life....and skinny simply isn't beautiful. It's ugly, it's unnatural, it's not healthy, and I won't waste my brushes and paint to depict it. Miss Lohan needs to find something else to do. Leave Miss Elizabeth Taylor to the ages, and forget about trying to find some bony pipsqueak to try and mimic her. it simply isn't going to work.
Jun 4, 2012 8:23PM
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No comparison. Poor attempt to find someone suitable to play Liz. She was the most beautiful woman in the world. Lohan can't compete.
Jun 4, 2012 8:21PM
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Lindsey had her ups and downs and hope things get better but she does not resemble Elizabeth Taylor.  Maybe the photo is not the best pose.
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