Elaine Hendrix on reuniting with Parent Trap's Lindsay Lohan in 'Freakier Friday'
Fast forward 27 years, 'The Parent Trap's' Elaine Hendrix and Lindsay Lohan are reuniting on-screen — this time, in another body-swapping twist.
Lohan, 39, returns as Anna Coleman in 'Freakier Friday,' the sequel to the 2003 Disney hit 'Freaky Friday.' Jamie Lee Curtis and Chad Michael Murray also reprise their roles as Tess Coleman and Jake, respectively.
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Hendrix, for her part, makes a cameo as Blake Kale, Anna's editor at Rolling Stone.
10 Elaine Hendrix and Lindsay Lohan in 1998's 'The Parent Trap.'
10 Lindsay Lohan as Anna Coleman and Jamie Lee Curtis as Tess Coleman in 'Freakier Friday.'
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'Freakier Friday' picks up years after the original, as Anna and Tess find themselves in another body-swapping situation — only this time, Anna's daughter, Harper Coleman (Julia Butters), and her soon-to-be stepdaughter, Lily Davies (Sophia Hammons), are also caught up in the chaos.
The new movie marks a full-circle moment for Hendrix and Lohan, who first shared the screen in 1998's 'The Parent Trap,' a remake of the original 1961 film.
'I love Lindsay so much, and we had such a special experience together,' Hendrix, 54, told The Post. 'None of us could have predicted what 'The Parent Trap' became. All we knew was that we were on this very beautiful, lavish movie set, playing these incredible characters in this very beloved story.'
It starred Lohan as Hallie Parker and Annie James, long-lost twins who meet at summer camp and secretly swap places to reunite their divorced parents, Nick Parker (Dennis Quaid) and Elizabeth James (the late Natasha Richardson).
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10 Elaine Hendrix makes a cameo as Blake Kale in 'Freakier Friday.'
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10 Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julia Butters and Sophia Hammons in 'Freakier Friday.'
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Hendrix played Meredith Blake, the twins' father's gold-digging fiancée.
More than two decades later, the film remains a staple for generations of fans.
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'All this time, it's followed all of us with so much love, and energy, and joy from people of all walks of life still,' Hendrix said. 'That's a rare thing in this industry.'
Reuniting with Lohan for 'Freakier Friday' brought a fresh layer of nostalgia.
'Here we are, all these years later, still in the business… she was a kid, now we're both adults, and we're staying in touch,' Hendrix said. 'The whole thing makes for one magical soup.'
10 Still from 'The Parent Trap,' featuring Lisa Ann Walter, Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid and Elaine Hendrix.
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10 Dennis Quaid as Nick Parker and Elaine Hendrix as Meredith Blake in 'The Parent Trap.'
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10 Elaine Hendrix during her interview with The Post.
The pair staged an off-screen reunion at the film's world premiere in Los Angeles on July 22 — this time, bringing 'Parent Trap' co-star Lisa Ann Walter into the mix. Walter, 61, played Chessy, the feisty housekeeper to Quaid's Nick, in the Disney classic.
For Hendrix, however, the night was first and foremost about celebrating Lohan.
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'From my point of view, the night was about Lindsay and coming back into the 'Freaky Friday' world through 'Freakier Friday,'' she told The Post.
'Because there is so much love for 'The Parent Trap,' I'm sure people would want that,' she added, acknowledging the nostalgia surrounding the film. 'But I also didn't want it to take anything away from what she was experiencing that night.'
Walter accompanied Hendrix to the premiere as her date — 'because she's my bestie,' Hendrix said. The duo were posing for photos when the unexpected happened.
'The next thing I know, someone's saying, 'Hey, we want to do a photo with the two of you and Lindsay. And we were like, 'Okay,'' she explained.
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10 The cast of 'Freakier Friday' at the film's premiere in New York City.
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10 Lisa Ann Walter, Lindsay Lohan and Elaine Hendrix at the 'Freakier Friday' world premiere.
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10 Elaine Hendrix and Lisa Ann Walter at the world premiere of 'Freakier Friday.'
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'[The] next thing you know, we're breaking the internet — and oh my gosh,' Hendrix said. 'It was really sweet and very special.'
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Walter, for her part, told The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet that she kept catching herself looking at Lohan.
'The light that's coming out of her now, as a mom and a grown woman, is so beautiful,' she said. 'She just looks so happy. This is wonderful.'
'Freakier Friday' is now in theaters.
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