Lindsay has finally been cast in that Elizabeth Taylor movie

Lindsay Lohan has been telling people for months that she had been cast to play Elizabeth Taylor in a movie on Lifetime, with TMZ saying she “just inked a deal” way back in February, but she was, of course, lying. There was no deal, Lifetime hadn’t cast her because they didn’t trust her. Until today. When Lifetime finally took a chance they’ll regret in about three weeks after she’s arrested again.

In her first major leading role since the 2009 ABC Family movie Labor Pains, Lindsay Lohan has signed on to play the late Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime biopic Liz & Dick, the network announced today.

Free publicity be damned, I’m assuming Lifetime is secretly hoping they won’t have to actually make this movie with Lindsay because it’s the worst casting imaginable; she doesn’t look or sound anything even remotely like Elizabeth Taylor. They might as well cast DMX to play Richard Burton.