Lindsay Lohan is set to play iconic screen legend Elizabeth Taylor in a new TV movie, Lifetime Television said, confirming what Lohan has claimed for weeks as she forges ahead with her comeback from legal and personal troubles.
Lohan, 25, is the first name to be announced for Lifetime's original movie Liz & Dick, based on the true story of Taylor's passionate romance with actor Richard Burton, whom she married twice throughout her life.
Taylor, widely recognized for beauty and glamour, met Burton on the set of the 1963 film Cleopatra, and thus began a passionate and tumultuous romance that made headlines worldwide as they married and divorced twice over the years.
Lohan had talked about her role in the TV movie last month in an interview, and she posted a picture of herself dressed as Taylor as her Twitter profile. But there had been no official confirmation from the network until now.
The Mean Girls actress has been striving to turn around her bad girl image in recent months after being in and out of jail, rehab and court since 2007.
She was released in March from almost five years of formal probation stemming from a 2007 drunk driving and cocaine possession arrest. She recently returned to TV sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live and landed a guest spot on Fox's hit TV musical comedy Glee.
- Reuters
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