04-08-2025
Lindsay Lohan feels 'pigeonholed' by Hollywood after her early teen roles
Lindsey Lohan has opened up about how she has to fight be taken seriously as an actress, saying she was 'pigeonholed' by the roles that catapulted her to fame as a teenager.
The 38-year-old actress found stardom in the early 2000s thanks to her roles in The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, and Mean Girls.
But despite being recognized by critics and Hollywood heavyweights for her early career, Lindsay said she struggled to move beyond the teen persona that was created for her, even as her acting matured.
Speaking to The Sunday Times Style Magazine, she was asked whether she ever felt 'pigeonholed' by her early roles and replied: 'Yeah, I do.'
Lindsay added: 'Even today I have to fight for stuff that is like that, which is frustrating', referencing the 2006 Robert Altman film, A Prairie Home Companion, that starred Meryl Streep and earned Lindsay praise for her dramatic performance.
'Because, well, you know me as this - but you also know I can do that. So let me! Give me the chance. I have to break that cycle and open doors to something else, leaving people no choice.'
The frustration of being typecast never left her, even after more than two decades in the business. While her performances have often been praised for their natural charisma and emotional range, she claimed the industry often failed to give her the space to grow.
Her roles in movies like Bobby should have cemented her as a versatile leading lady but instead, she felt her career stalled as Hollywood continued to associate her with teen comedies and her personal life.
Now, with the upcoming release of Freakier Friday, the long-awaited sequel to the 2003 body-swap hit, and a lead role in the psychological thriller Count My Lies, which she is also producing, Lindsay is determined to shift the narrative for good.
This time, she wants the focus to be on her talent, not the tabloid legacy that overshadowed her twenties.
She said: 'I miss films that are stories. Like All About Eve or Breakfast At Tiffanys. There are not many major movies I want to go and see that are like that - there's a gap and I'm craving to do work like that.'
While she's not shy about admitting that her own life experiences have shaped the way she acts, she says the journey back to the screen has been about waiting for the right moment - and the right material.
'I wanted to take a minute,' she explained. 'I was losing that feeling of excitement about doing a film, and I wanted to live my own life for a bit. Figure out how to have a more private life, a real life. I wanted to wait to get that itch again.'
Lindsay was just 15 years old when she first portrayed Anna Coleman in Freaky Friday alongside Jamie Lee, who played her on-screen mother Tess Coleman.
It follows the bickering mother and daughter after a Chinese restaurant fortune cookie mishap causes them to switch bodies, forcing them to live the other's life.
Now, the sequel, called Freakier Friday, sees Lindsay and Jamie Lee Curtis embroiled in quadruple chaos as they swap bodies again, 22 years after they first traded places.
Shortly before the premiere last month, Jamie revealed the reason behind the long wait for the sequel: 'The truth is that Lindsay had to be old enough to have a 15-year-old daughter, people would ask me about the movie over and over again.
'And finally someone in Australia said, "well she is" and I was like "what do you mean?" because I know her as this young girl so I don't know how old she is.
'So someone told me and I was, like "Oh! well maybe we can make the movie. Let's go!"'
