Titanic gave a boost to the careers of its lead actors, and it could have featured a young Lindsay Lohan as well, but James Cameron decided against it – here’s what happened. James Cameron has become one of the biggest and most respected filmmakers in the industry, and he’s now often associated with big-budget projects, mostly from the sci-fi genre. However, one of his most successful movies isn’t from that genre, instead being a disaster drama movie: Titanic, which tells the true and tragic story of the sinking of the title ship.

Based on the accounts of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, Titanic tells the story of Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) and Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), two passengers from different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage. Over the course of four days, Jack and Rose developed a deep connection that put them at risk, but their relationship wasn’t meant to be, and while Rose was eventually rescued, Jack became one of the many victims of the sinking. Through both, viewers also got to meet different characters from their respective social classes, and among those was Jack’s “best girl”, Cora.

Throughout Titanic, viewers got a glimpse at the very different worlds of Rose and Jack, and there was a somewhat prominent minor character in Jack’s world named Cora, a little girl traveling in third class with her father. Cora is seen at different points in Titanic, such as before boarding (as she’s stunned by how big the ship is), waving goodbye as the ship sailed, and of course, dancing with Jack at a third-class party. Jack famously told her she was “still his best girl” before he started dancing with Rose, and unfortunately, Cora and her father didn’t make it out of the ship on time. Cora was played by Alexandrea Owens-Sarno, but it was almost played by none other than Lindsay Lohan.

According to different reports, Lindsay Lohan auditioned for the role of Cora and became the first choice for the role, but there was one minor detail that for James Cameron was very important, and it ultimately led to her being turned down: her red hair. Cameron reportedly thought Lohan’s natural red hair was too similar to Rose and her mother’s, so they went with another actress with different hair color. At the time Titanic entered production, Lindsay Lohan’s career was only getting started, as she was playing Alli Fowler in the soap opera Another World. Lohan made her big-screen debut the year after Titanic was released in Disney’s The Parent Trap, where she famously played twins Hallie and Annie. After that, Lindsay Lohan became one of the most sought out teen actresses, starring in movies like Freaky Friday, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, and Mean Girls.

As for Alexandrea Owens-Sarno, Titanic was her acting debut and her only known role. She took a break from acting after being constantly recognized on the street but enrolled in acting classes when she moved to Los Angeles after college, and she now works in improv and sketch comedy. Lindsay Lohan’s career might have been very different had she been cast as Cora in Titanic, and while her hair color isn’t really a valid excuse to not cast her, it’s important to point out that James Cameron is known for being a perfectionist, and clearly, her red hair was a big deal for him.

First off, we have a beautiful new layout from the beautiful Claudia and the header was made by the beautiful Megan. She did a great job on the header that I have been dying to use this for quite some time and thanks to Jenn for recommending this theme I was finally able to add it to the site.

Also with that, I have added over 8,426 photos of Lindsay from her in 2006 where she added premieres of her movies such as A Prairie Home Companion, Just My Luck and Bobby.

Paris Hilton had nothing but good things to say regarding Lindsay Lohan’s engagement. The pair, two of the biggest icons of the early 2000s, had one of the most emblematic relationships of the era, known for their dramatic ups and downs. 

On the podcast This Is Paris, Paris Hilton spoke about Lindsay Lohan’s engagement to Bader Shammas. While she acknowledged their differences, she focused on the good. “I also just saw that Lindsay got engaged,” she said. “And I know we‘ve had our differences in the past, but I just wanted to say congratulations to her and that I am genuinely very happy for her.” She then talked a bit about her relationship with Lohan and Britney Spears, the “holy trinity” of the era, particularly of the party scene.

“It just makes me so happy to see, you know, 15 years later, and just so much has happened in the past two weeks. I got married, Britney got her freedom back and engaged, and then Lindsay just got engaged. So I love just seeing how different our lives are now and just how much we‘ve all grown up and just having love in our lives,” she said.

Paris has been open about her relationship with Lindsay in her podcast, calling it “complicated” and “on and off.” “But when I think about it now, we were just so young, immature. It was like high school drama, especially in the L.A. scene, and to live it out in public with the media constantly trying to stir things up and make things worse than they were. Back then, the media really enjoyed having girls feud with each other,” she said. 

The media coverage was particularly grueling when it came to the topic of Britney, Paris, and Lindsay during the era, using all occasions to pit them against each other or to further the idea that the two were crazy party girls with no other interests. It’s been refreshing to see these personalities get a kinder reevaluation by the world, acknowledging the media’s role in shaping their lives and careers.

Congratulations are in order for Lindsay Lohan, who announced via Instagram early Sunday morning that she is engaged. The 35-year-old Mean Girls star uploaded four images of herself with her newly betrothed, Bader Shammas, in various states of giggly bliss. The first picture is in black and white, and in the last, she can be seen tugging her hoodie over her face, tears of joy in her eyes. One can spot the rock in all four pics. 

“My love. My life. My family. My future,” Lohan wrote, tagging Shammas’ account, I guess to make sure he’d see it. She wrapped her statement up with “#love” and a diamond ring emoji.

There isn’t too much known about Lohan’s fiancé (his Instagram is private), but according to Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, he is 34 years old and attended the University of Tampa and University of South Florida, studying mechanical engineering and finance. He is an assistant vice president at Credit Suisse and the pair have been dating for two years, according to The Independent. They both live in Dubai, the city with the largest population in the United Arab Emirates.

Lohan was previously engaged to Russian businessman Egor Tarabasov, but that relationship ended in 2016, following some very public discord.

Lohan has continued to captivate the public eye even as she has stayed out of the spotlight in recent years. She has made inroads in reality television: In 2019, MTV aired one season of Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club, a series that followed the ups and downs of running a vacation paradise on the Greek island of Mykonos. (The establishment has since closed.) Also in 2019, she was a panelist on the first season of The Masked Singer Australia, but she did not return for the second season. Whether this was due to travel restrictions between the UAE and Australia during the pandemic or she was fired because she lacked an understanding of Australian popular culture is subject to debate.

Lohan has sparked comeback rumors for years, but a return to the family-style pictures of her youth does appear to be imminent. Netflix is cooking up a “holiday rom-com,” in which she stars opposite Chord Overstreet, though the movie does not yet have a name. In the film, Lohan plays a spoiled heiress who gets in a skiing accident and suffers amnesia, of course, according to Variety. She finds herself in the care of a hunky, blue-collar lodge owner (Overstreet) and bonds with his precocious daughter.

Alas, don’t look for it under the tree this year. The picture, directed by Janeen Damian, will be streaming next holiday season.

All I want for Christmas is Lindsay Lohan copping mass praise for her almighty comeback in the Netflix Chrissy film.

In the forthcoming flick, which is set to be Lindsay’s big return to our screens after way too long away, the actress will play a “newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress” (per the film’s logline), who cops amnesia after a skiing accident and “finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.

She’s back! 

Here is your first look at Lindsay Lohan in her upcoming holiday rom-com, co-starring Chord Overstreet. pic.twitter.com/eycI907iBm

— Netflix (@netflix) November 12, 2021

Industry peeps have been saying that this is LiLo’s attempt at a comeback after fading into obscurity for some time (and good lord, have we missed her dearly!).

But the big question is, when the buzz of Chrissy has worn off and the flick is shelved until next year’s festive season, what’s next for Lindsay?

Well, over the last 24 hours, there have been not one, but TWO blind items from separate sources on goss guru Insta Deuxmoi that have suggested Lindsay is being eyed by Ryan Murphy to appear in an upcoming season of American Horror Story.

In the first blind item, the anonymous user writes:

“The fact one of Ryan Murphy’s favourite actresses left a reply on Lindsay Lohan’s post about getting back to work might appear like a simple nice gesture, but they’re actually in talks to co-star in the next season of a certain series.”

After spotting this, I instantly scanned LiLo’s latest post for comments by stars and found this one by Sarah Paulson (who is in almost every single Ryan Murphy series) with praise hands. I didn’t see anything about getting back to work, but perhaps it was deleted after buzz got around? Either way, I’m betting dollars to donuts that it’s either American Horror Story, or possibly even American Crime Story.

And that’s not all, folks!

In a subsequent blind item, with the subject line: “I HAVE TEA – LINDSAY LOHAN AND RYAN MURPHY”, another insider writes:

“I have sources that also can confirm that Ryan Murphy is very interested in La Lohan.

“He has been a real advocator to her comeback and I heard the project is very tongue-in-cheek.”

The thing that I find most amusing about this is the fact that the character Madison Montgomery (played by Emma Roberts in Coven and Apocalypse) is based on LiLo. How very meta!

Imagine if Lindsay is cast in the forthcoming season where the witches return? What if she plays a witch and fights alongside Madison? AHHHHHHH!

Not only that, but apparently “an edgy fashion magazine wants to land her for a cover.”

Calling it now, folks: 2022 will be the year of Lindsay Lohan. That is SO fetch!

Chord Overstreet has found a new leading lady… onscreen, that is.

The Glee alum, 32, has been cast opposite Lindsay Lohan in Netflix’s untitled holiday romantic comedy, which premieres in 2022.

Netflix announced the news on Twitter Thursday, revealing George Young (Malignant), Jack Wagner (Melrose Place) and Olivia Perez (In the Heights) will also star in the film which follows “a spoiled hotel heiress who gets total amnesia in a skiing accident and finds herself in the care of a handsome lodge owner.”

Overstreet, who’s most known for his Glee role as Sam Evans, can currently be seen in the Apple TV+ comedy series Acapulco, which premiered last month.

The Stone Man artist has also been busy with his music career, making his relationship public with Camelia Somers, granddaughter of Suzanne Somers, last month in the music video for his single “Sunkissed.” He and the Bold and the Beautiful actress, 26, were first romantically linked in December.

In May, it was announced Lohan, 35, was starring in the film – her first role in three years.

“I want to really focus on me and everything I have to do in my life, and come back to America and start filming again,” Lohan told Andy Cohen during CNN’s New Year’s Eve special in 2019, adding that she wants to take “back the life that I worked so hard for, and sharing it with my family and you guys.”

The Canyons actress last starred in 2019’s werewolf thriller Among the Shadows. She played her breakout role in 1998’s Parent Trap remake, before going on to star in such hit films as Freaky Friday, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and Mean Girls.

Her upcoming movie role comes amid rumors that she’s being considered for The Real Housewives of Dubai. After announcing the latest in the Real Housewives franchise, Cohen, 53, said it would be “a good idea” to have Lohan in the cast, as she has been living in Dubai. He previously confirmed the series had already been cast.