I did. I don't think it's much different. Jodie Foster's character was more of a tomboy in that and my character's more of a punk rocker right now - it's modernized, which is necessary for the audience to like it. That's really the difference between my character and her character. Everything is just taken up a notch a little bit, I think.
I watched it when I heard this movie was being made. My mom knew the movie, she saw the movie, she read the book - they had to read it in school. So I watched the movie just to get an idea of what the storyline was like and see for myself. I didn't want to put too much pressure on myself to be like Jodie Foster was in that, because I'm a different person than her. The more I stress being like her, the more difficult it was going to be for me and it wouldn't have been as fun. People are going to accept me in the way they are going to accept me. Working with Jamie was just a great experience. We really helped each other in a lot of ways and we complement each other, I feel, when we act with each other. We have this great chemistry that worked out amazingly in the film when I saw it.
How has your life changed? Do you get recognized everywhere?
I get recognized everywhere. If people saw “Parent Trap” and the liked it, they are going to know me from my freckles and my reddish hair. It's blonder now. Everyone has a tendency to go blond or really dark, so I'm going towards the blond, but I'm going to stay red though. Last night I was walking past Mel's Diner and there were these little girls outside, and the billboard was right across the street. I didn't realize it, I knew the billboard was there and I saw it, but I didn't think of it, because I don't like to think of myself or anything. I'm just walking past Mel's Diner going back to the hotel. So everyone started looking, and the little girl started whispering, “My God, that's Lindsay Lohan. “ I didn't want to stop, I knew they wanted an autograph because I heard one of them mention it, but I didn't want to stop and be annoying and be like, “Oh, sure,” because they didn't even ask me. It's really cool. It's weird for me for people to want my name on a piece of paper. It's like, “Why? I'm not any different than you.” It's my job. Society is brought up to see that fame is such an intriguing thing and it really is. It's interesting because people really do worship certain people, and people are going to take the time to look things up about me on the Internet. That's really cool.
Do you correct rumors? It was rumored you were dating Aaron Carter.
Aaron and I are good friends and we did date in the past, I'm not going to lie, but it's a personal thing. People are going to find out, and you have to expect that and you have to make the best of it. If people want to know something about you that's really cool, girls want to know and if girls like Aaron Carter and I'm dating him, some girls may hate me because of that. But if they were in my position, they'd feel like why do you hate me because of that? They just see how I am and they won't think that way.
What are you working on now?
I'm shooting a movie in Toronto called “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.”
And you are the ‘drama queen?’
Oh, yes.
Is this your life story?
Almost. My character's a little bit more out there than I am, which is fun for me. She lives every day as if she's acting out a scene. [It’s] with Adam Garcia, Eli Marienthal, Carol Kane, Glenne Headly and Alison Pill. We have a great cast. Sara Sugarman’s [directing].
