Lindsay Lohan is getting her revenge after years away from the big Hollywood leagues and earning a star salary. (Photo by Kena Betabcur/AFP via Getty Images)
Gone are the years of paparazzi and media scrutiny Lindsay Lohan. For this actress, who reached the pinnacle of Hollywood success and plunged into the harsh reality of public dissection, is now enjoying a sweet phase in which memory, nostalgia and her legacy take revenge after a long season away from the bright lights of Hollywood spent… And when I say “get paid,” I mean it in the truest sense of the word.
Because Lindsay Lohan is back on the billboard. And not with his own film as the absolute protagonist, as was common around two decades ago, but with a cameo appearance that causes nostalgic butterflies in half the world. Because his surprising appearance in the musical adaptation of Mean girls It's a breath of fresh air for lovers of the 2004 classic. An unexpected moment that Paramount Pictures knew to keep secret, but which works wonderfully when the actress suddenly appears in a sequence.
The cameo only lasts a few seconds and takes place in the third act of the film Linday Lohan She appears to be hosting a math championship involving the new version of Cady, the character she played in the original film and who now falls victim to Angourie Rice. The performance is so short that the actress only needed half a working day to complete it and in return He took home a check for half a million dollars.
How they read it. According to Variety, Lindsay Lohan would have paid about $500,000 to appear for a few seconds as the musical reincarnation of the Plasticswhich explains why she was the only one of the original cast to perform at the film's premiere.
Lindsay Lohan joined Mean Girls creator Tina Fey and the rest of the cast at the premiere of the musical remake. (Photo by Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images)
A salary that sounds like hidden revenge
Those who have followed the career of Lindsay LohanHaving lived through the period of absolute success, media attention in his youth and later oblivion, he certainly understands why such a salary sounds like revenge. And we are talking about an actress who managed to break the industry through hit films like Twins' Game (1998), Crazy Friday (2003), Herbie Full Throttle (2005) and of course Mean girls But in the end she fell into the shadow of fame and turned into a puppet of the media.
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Written by Tina Fey, the film became an instant classic, one of those that the world ends up memorizing, knowing its dialogues and phrases as if they were cultural references of a generation. It was a biting comedy about the coldness of school popularity and the pressures placed on youth Lindsay Lohan He demonstrated his talent in directing productions and bringing them to the top. Mean girls served to make her a star by earning a million dollars for her work (Imdb), but such was its success that her next production – Herbie in Full Gear (2005) – earned her a check for 7.5 million dollars (a salary that she would have had). repeated with Golpe de Luck and Georgia Rules).
Lindsay Lohan firmly established herself in Hollywood at just 18 years old following the success of “Mean Girls.” Paramount Pictures. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
But we already know what came next. Lindsay Lohan As an aspiring youth star, he reached the top of Hollywood and was sought after and in demand by the major studios. Until he came of age and started living his life freely. His evenings with Britney Spears and Paris Hilton became the talk of gossip journalism and made his name one of the most recurring news stories in the media world. And not because of her work as an actress, but because of her excursions, trips and commercials from the critical (and even mocking) perspective suffered by other youth stars who simply dared to live freely and make mistakes like any human being learned and learned herself and breaks the illusion of innocent perfection that the industry creates in child characters. It happened to Lindsay, but also to Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus and many more.
Linday Lohan From star to crash. From starring in her own films to being a tabloid figure where rumors of her diva behavior, alleged drugs and partying took center stage. For example, I remember the Georgia Rules case, when media outlets like CBS News revealed that producer James G. Robinson had sent a letter to the actress criticizing her for her “partying” and calling her “irresponsible and “unprofessional” because according to… He said at the film's premiere that he didn't show up on set one day without telling anyone, which resulted in them losing “half a million dollars.” In return, her partner Jane Fonda revealed that she had confronted Lindsay about her tardiness (according to the young actress, she was only three minutes late).
However, such stories (of which there were many) helped spread the image of a diva and an irresponsible young woman, which took its toll, without taking into account that the producer himself said that Lohan after he sent him the letter had “gone to work”. every day,” or that Jane Fonda said Lindsay was a “talented” and “brilliant” actress. Proof of this is that years later, a New York Times article detailed that “some” feared that hiring Lindsay would “end” the career of The Canyons writer-director Paul Schrader.
That was the reputation Lohan seemed to carry, leading to a sort of forced expulsion, appearing in unsuccessful films (I Know Who Killed Me, Almost Pregnant) until he became a cameo character on duty (Machete, Glee , Scary Movie V, Anger Management). ). .
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are excited to return with the sequel to Frazy Friday. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)
Hollywood virtually ignored her potential as a leading man and she was left to find her way on her own. Not only did she star in independent films like “The Canyons” (2013) or B-movies (“Among the Shadows”), but she also recorded reality shows for MTV about her life as a businesswoman in Greece.
However, Lindsay Lohan always had an ace up her sleeve: the power of nostalgia.. Because thanks to the cultural weight of successes like Twin game, A crazy Friday And Mean Girls, His figure holds a special place in the world's collective memory. That's why Hollywood has never stopped milking her for cameo appearances. They didn't give her the leading lady spot that she was, but they continued to use her to pique the interest of the masses. Shows like “Broke Girls,” “Anger Management” and “Ugly Betty” did that too Netflix This makes her the new queen of Christmas films and now also of musicals Mean girls with an extravagant salary.
Because let's not forget the detail: Lindsay Lohan He earned half a million by working half a day. For appearing in a single sequence, even though 20 years have passed since the first premiere and the era of absolute success seems to be a thing of the past. Which, in other words, tells us the importance of her character in Mean Girls as a modern classic and redefines her media profile with a more than justified reinvention.
Lindsay Lohan She seems happy to have settled in Dubai, far from the gaze of her industry, the scrutiny of bygone eras and the chiaroscuro of her business. Her Instagram is a song of joy about her new life with her husband Bader Shammas and their baby due in 2023, as she looks forward to starting filming the Freaky Friday sequel alongside Jamie Lee Curtis.
In this way, after exploiting his character as a tabloid figure as he was just coming of age, experiencing media attention left and right, and experiencing firsthand forced exile from the upper echelons of business, Lindsay Lohan He brings his nostalgic magic to the musical remake and earns a salary that redefines his position as a leading man in Hollywood.
This article was written exclusively for Yahoo en Español by Cine54.
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