Lindsay Lohan was fetch lengthy earlier than fetch was a factor. So, it ought to come as no shock that Paramount paid the actor handsomely to cameo within the new “Imply Ladies.”
Sources say Lohan, who turned one among younger Hollywood’s greatest stars after starring within the 2004 movie of the identical title, pulled down about $500,000 for a half a day of labor within the newest incarnation, a musical that stars a brand new clique of Plastics led by Angourie Rice and Reneé Rapp. Paramount declined remark. A rep for Lohan declined a request for remark.
Lohan’s shock entrance within the new movie, written by Tina Fey, drew thunderous applause on the New York premiere on Jan. 8. In her scene, Lohan returns to the mathematics competitors that served because the denouement of the unique, and gives a full-circle second for the “Imply Ladies” franchise, which additionally spawned a Broadway musical. The actress additionally flew in from Dubai to stroll the pink carpet.
Like different studios, Paramount has been desirous to lean into the nostalgia issue, wooing unique forged members to pop in for small however pivotal roles in current movies like 2017’s “Baywatch.” For 2022’s “High Gun: Maverick,” Paramount introduced again Val Kilmer to movie an emotional scene as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, regardless of the difficulties concerned on condition that the actor misplaced a lot of his skill to talk after battling throat most cancers. (The Los Angeles Occasions referred to as Kilmer’s return essentially the most highly effective second within the field workplace behemoth.)
Whereas Lohan performs neither a flashback model nor an older relative of her “Imply Ladies” teen alter ego Cady Heron, her scene gives a intelligent bridge between the previous and the current.
The musical movie, directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., has already discovered its groove on the field workplace, touchdown the No. 1 spot over the Martin Luther King Jr. vacation weekend with a $33.2 million haul domestically. Paramount initially deliberate to launch the $36 million movie for streaming solely on Paramount+, however reversed course after take a look at screenings indicated there was nonetheless a big-screen urge for food. Exit polls present the movie is interesting to each a Gen Z crowd in addition to the over-35 demographic, the latter buoyed by Lohan’s presence, which Paramount managed to maintain below wraps till the movie’s debut.
The brand new “Imply Ladies” revolves round the highschool dramas of Cady Heron (Rice) as she navigates the “it” crowd dominated by Regina George (Rapp takes over for Rachel McAdams, who didn’t return). Avantika Vandanapu and Bebe Wooden spherical out the movie’s predominant foursome, whereas Fey and Tim Meadows reprise their roles as a weary math instructor and hapless principal, respectively.
Lohan took greater than a decade break from studio movies earlier than returning to the fray with the Netflix romcom “Falling for Christmas” in 2022. She subsequent will likely be seen in Netflix’s “Irish Want,” which launches on March 15.