HOT CELEBRITIES: Lindsay Lohan will play Liz Taylor in biopic

 

Lindsay Lohan will portray Elizabeth Taylor in a Lifetime film about her love affair with actor Richard Burton.

Lifetime on Monday made official a casting decision rumoured for months. The network says Lohan will star in Liz & Dick, with production set to begin in early June.

There was no mention of who will play Burton or when the film will air.

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Poll

If Lindsay Lohan is playing Elizabeth Taylor in a biopic, who should play Richard Burton?

• Ashton Kutcher
• Charlie Sheen
• James Franco
• Johnny Depp
• Sean Penn
• Benedict Cumberbatch
• Late addition: Russell Brand

Results & past polls

5% 9 votes

Ashton Kutcher

21% 41 votes

Charlie Sheen

30% 59 votes

James Franco

15% 30 votes

Johnny Depp

11% 21 votes

Sean Penn

11% 22 votes

Benedict Cumberbatch

8% 16 votes

Late addition: Russell Brand

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Taylor and Burton met as co-stars of the 1963 epic Cleopatra. They fell in love as the world looked on, left their respective spouses and got married. Then they divorced, only to remarry and divorce again.

In recent years the 25-year-old Lohan has gained her own measure of notoriety. Liz & Dick represents a step in her attempted career comeback