AllRespect.com // Can Lindsay Lohan Make A Comeback?

Posted on 2010-08-26 03:00:11
Artist/band(s): Lindsay Lohan [FB]

musicnews View: Profile - All Posts

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1646463/20100825/lohan_lindsay.jhtml

'She'll either be forgotten, she'll be dead, tragically, or she'll have an Academy Award,' one PR expert tells MTV News.By Gil Kaufman

Lindsay LohanPhoto: OutOfSightMedia/ Getty Images

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has completed her jail term (13 of 90 days) and, on Tuesday, her court-ordered stint at an inpatient rehab facility (23 of 90 days). So now that she's back on the outside, can the onetime rising Hollywood starlet get her career groove back?

Though the annals of Tinseltown are littered with stories of crackups that actors and actresses were unable to bounce back from, Lohan need look no further than Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr. for proof that once-left-for-dead careers trashed by drugs and erratic behavior can indeed be revived and thrive once again.

Lohan, who is slated to star in the biopic of early porn actress Linda Lovelace, "Inferno," in addition to an appearance in the upcoming Robert Rodriguez trailer-turned-feature "Machete," has a lot going for her, a number of experts told MTV News.

"Lindsay Lohan is someone we grew up with," said public-relations veteran and image-rehab specialist Howard Bragman of Fifteen Minutes PR. He recalled how her seminal work in 2004's "Mean Girls" affected a whole generation of teenagers and still resonates today. "She's a girl who's really transfixing when you watch her on the screen."

Fox News legal analyst Kimberly Guilfoyle noted that Lohan is a strong actress who carried movie reboots like 1998's "The Parent Trap" when she was only 11.

"There's talent there, there's the hard work," said Ryan Gilbey, a film critic for the New Statesman, who praised Lohan's "manic" work in 2003's "Freaky Friday" and a small, but memorable, self-confident appearance in the 2006 movie "A Prairie Home Companion."

But due to the personal drama in her offscreen life, Guilfoyle said Lohan began to develop a reputation for being flaky and difficult on movie sets, not showing up and being unreliable, a condition she said is consistent with someone with a substance-abuse problem.

Hedging his bets, Bragman predicted one of three outcomes for Lohan over the next decade: "She'll either be forgotten, she'll be dead, tragically, or she'll have an Academy Award. I pray that she has the Academy Award."

All three agreed that with rehab and jail behind her, Lohan has what it takes to get her personal and professional lives rebooted. "I think that we are a very forgiving nation, we love to see people rehabbed, rehabilitated, we love a good comeback," Bragman said, suggesting that LiLo's versatility allows her to do drama, comedy and, in the next few years, the type of romantic comedies that have been the go-to move for stars like Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston.

Robert Lindsay, president of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency, said, aside from getting her professional life in order, four-time rehab veteran Lohan needs to focus on her sobriety and figure out what she's going to do to change her habits and lifestyle. Guilfoyle also pointed out that there are currently no legal issues that would prevent Lohan from getting more work on a movie set.

"I feel like people in the film industry are rooting for her," Gilbey said. "[Director Quentin] Tarantino has been saying great, supportive things about her and how brilliant she's in this movie he's produced ['Machete']."

One good role and Lohan could change people's perceptions about her.

"You're strong and you're smart and you're powerful and you have it in you to get beyond this," Bragman counseled. "And you have to live in the future and not in the past and stay clean and sober."

Do you think Lindsay can bounce back? Share your thoughts in the comments.

RELATED NEWS

Lindsay Lohan 'Fine' After Paramedic Scare
Related Artist/Band(s): Lindsay Lohan [FB]

Lindsay Lohan Has 'Real Talent,' 'Canyons' Producer Says
Related Artist/Band(s): Lindsay Lohan [FB]

Lindsay Lohan (And A Porn Star) To Star In 'The Canyons'?
Related Artist/Band(s): Lindsay Lohan [FB]

Lindsay Lohan's 'Glee' Cameo: Co-Star Perez Hilton Weighs In!
Related Artist/Band(s): Lindsay Lohan [FB]

Lindsay Lohan Will Play Elizabeth Taylor
Related Artist/Band(s): Lindsay Lohan [FB]

Page -