‘The Parent Trap' actress Courtney Gilberto talks getting bullied after her role; Also spills beans on her friendship with Lindsay Lohan
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Gilberto on getting selected for the role and the bullying that followed
Courtney recalled all of the things that went down when she was cast in 'The Parent Trap'. During an interview with People, the actress revealed that she had to go to multiple auditions for the role, which ended up demotivating her a lot. She also talked about how her agent at the time also gave up hope, especially due to the fact that her height had been pointed out as an issue.
She shared, 'I was tall, and when they did a height check, it kept coming up that my height wouldn't match up with Lindsay [Lohan's].
Then I randomly got a call saying the casting director wanted me to come in'.
The actress also later revealed that although she did not think much of it, after the movie was released theatrically, she ended up getting bullied for it. While talking about her role, she shared that at the age of 11, she was just 'really happy' about the opportunity to film a Hollywood movie.
She added, however, that she would get bullied after the film was released.
She shared that she was "picked on and got bullied so bad about it, really up until like high school'.
Courtney on her friendship with Lohan
Courtney also shared that while on the sets of 'The Parent Trap', she and
ended up becoming good friends at the time. She shared that since both of their families were from New York, they used to hang out all the time and managed to become really good friends.
This bond, however, did not last as long as Gilberto thought it would. Citing a lack of technology, the star revealed that the two could not keep in contact and lost touch over the years after the film was released. "We weren't online like that yet, in that sense, so we didn't really have the option to stay in touch on our own. And Lindsay's mom was really focused on making her a star', she shared.
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