By Steve Gorman
Lohan's spokeswoman, Leslie Sloane, said the 21-year-old
actress was "definitely interested" in "The Manson Girls," but
she denied online gossip reports that Lohan was dropped from
that film because other actors refused to work with her.
"Unfortunately (the Manson movie) didn't come together
quickly enough, and she was offered other roles, which she
accepted and is looking forward to doing," Sloane told Reuters.
The ABC television network announced on Monday that Lohan,
who is seeking to rebuild her career after a year of personal
upheaval, has signed a deal to guest star in six upcoming
episodes of the popular workplace comedy "Ugly Betty," starting
this month.
Sloane said Lohan also has been cast to star in the
forthcoming film comedy "Labor Pains," produced by Rick
Schwartz, whose credits include the Martin Scorsese films "The
Departed," "The Aviator" and "Gangs of New York."
As described in the New York Post, Lohan will play a young
woman who pretends to be pregnant to avoid being fired.
For "The Manson Girls," Lohan had reportedly been attached
to play a Manson "family" cult member named Nancy Pitman.
But a source with knowledge of the project said producers
failed to put money into escrow in time to hold Lohan's
availability, leaving her free to take other work.
Originally sentenced to death for ordering his followers to
carry out the mass killings, he is now serving a life sentence
at the Corcoran State Prison in California.
Lohan has not starred in a feature film since last year's
flop "I Know Who Killed Me."
She spent much of 2007 out of the public spotlight after
she was arrested twice in one month for drunken driving and
re-entered rehab in a relapse of substance abuse that cost her
a role in a film produced by and starring Oscar winner Shirley
MacLaine.
The year before, a studio executive publicly rebuked Lohan
for repeatedly showing up late on the set of "Georgia Rule,"
which he blamed on her late-night clubbing habits.
Reuters/Nielsen
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