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While other child actors were almost cast in The Parent Trap, fans are glad that Lindsay Lohan played twins who never knew that the other person existed until meeting at summer camp. The charming and warm film suggested a promising career for the actress. But as time when on, she, unfortunately, went through tough times and dipped in and out of the spotlight. Chaos in her personal life often overshadowed any work that she was doing.
Back in the mid-2000s, Lindsay Lohan had the chance to star on the teen series Friday Night Lights. While this didn’t end up happening, what would her career have looked like if she had agreed? And would she have made a lot more money?
Why Did Lindsay Lohan Say No To Starring On Friday Night Lights?
Now that Lindsay Lohan is pregnant with her first baby, fans wonder how motherhood will change Lohan’s career. And it turns out that her acting career might have looked very different if she had said yes to the popular teen drama Friday Night Lights.
A fun behind-the-scenes tidbit about Friday Night Lights is that before Adrienne Palicki won the role of Tyra Collette, Lindsay Lohan was given the part, according to Uproxx.com.
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Since the actress has never had a major role in a TV show, this is definitely big news. She has, instead, chosen to be a guest star on various series. In 2008, Lohan played Kimmie Keegan in four episodes of Ugly Betty. She played Danielle in a 2004 episode of That ’70s Show. And she played Claire Guinness in a 2014 episode of 2 Broke Girls.
Lohan did narrate the 2022 Amazon Prime Video series Lovestruck High. And she appeared in her own reality shows like Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club and her OWN series Lindsay. But she has never played a major TV character.
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While Lindsay Lohan hasn’t spoken about why she wasn’t interested in starring in Friday Night Lights, it’s possible that she didn’t want to commit to a TV series.
Perhaps she liked the freedom of filming movies since she could film one, then take a break, then get another one.
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Friday Night Lights premiered in 2006 and ended in 2011. After her 2003 movies Freaky Friday and Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen, Lohan made a huge splash in Mean Girls in 2004. In 2006, the year that Friday Night Lights began, she starred in Chapter 27 and Bobby, which were more serious movies than some of her previous roles.
How Would Starring In Friday Night Lights Have Altered Lindsay Lohan’s Career?
Starring in Friday Night Lights would have likely been a positive decision for Lindsay Lohan. Tyra would have been a much more serious role than she is typically known for. This would have excited fans who would have been thrilled to watch the actress on a TV show that ran for five seasons. Tyra is a great character who has many layers. She lives with her older sister Mindy and her mother Angela, although Mindy cares about her more than their mother does.
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Tyra has always felt abandoned by her family and hopes that she can have a great life after graduating from high school. While Adrienne Palecki is amazing in the role, it would have been interesting to see what Lindsay Lohan would have done with it. Chances are that the show would have gotten even more attention than it already did since Lohan is such a big star.
It’s also possible that Lohan might have been taken more seriously as an actress for a time. While Friday Night Lights was on the air, Lohan had some flops and it seemed like it was hard for her to get cast in a successful movie.
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After the 2007 horror movie I Know Who Killed Me, which famously was panned by critics and disliked by fans, Lohan’s movie career seemed to be over.
In 2013, Lohan starred as Tara in the thriller The Canyons. But press surrounding her on-set drama overshadowed what the movie was actually like as there were accounts of her not being on time or not even showing up at all for filming. This was definitely negative press, and for a few years after, people wondered if the actress could get back on track.
Starring in Friday Night Lights could have changed Lindsay Lohan’s net worth for the better. According to Celebrity Net Worth, while she was earning $28 million from movies earlier in her career, she now has a $2 million net worth.
Considering how famous Lindsay Lohan is, that is definitely a pretty low net worth. If she played Tyra Collette on Friday Night Lights, she would have earned a good salary for five seasons, and that would have been great.
However, there’s no way of knowing if starring in Friday Night Lights could have stopped Lohan from spending too much cash.
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In 2010, Business Insider reported that the actress was spending a lot on clubs, clothing, purses, and substances.
Lindsay Lohan has tried to start her acting career up again a few times. She wanted to show people her vulnerable side with her OWN reality show Lindsay and hoped that any movie that she signed up for would prove that she’s still a serious actress.
Lohan spoke about her career in the cover story for Who What Wear and she mentioned starring in the Netflix Christmas movie Falling For Christmas. The film was released in 2022 and fans viewed it positively. Lohan said, “I wanted to do something where people felt like I hadn’t left.”
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Lohan continued, “You know a lot of people say ‘comeback’ and stuff, and that puts a lot of pressure on the situation, and I’m not one that wants that attention.”
Lohan sounded humble in the interview. She told Who What Wear, “I’m not the kind of person that thinks about the movies I’ve done and how well versed I am in this industry.” The actress will star in the Netflix movie Irish Wish, which will be released in 2024, and it seems like she is happy to be acting again.
