How Lindsay Lohan Got Her 'Machete' Part: Start With Her Blonde Hair

By Bryan Alexander Posted Sep 3rd 2010 09:00AM

Lindsay Lohan can thank her long, blonde hair for helping her nab a memorable role in 'Machete.'

Director Robert Rodriguez tells PopEater that he was approached by a producer friend, who urged him to cast Lohan in the movie he was making, which is based on the fake 'Machete' trailer that appeared in his 2007 co-venture with Quentin Tarantino, 'Grindhouse.'

"I had this shot of Danny in the waterfall with the wife and daughter," says Rodriquez. "You could see the wife's face, but you can't see the daughter's. And I thought, that could be Lindsay. Just curl the hair. But that's the classic shot of the trailer that everyone knows."

From there, Rodriguez "reverse engineered" and came up with a storyline for Lohan around the character, who became a drug-using wild child that drives her father crazy with her antics.

"I made a fake poster of her with some guns [from] a picture of her off the Internet and stuck her in a nun's habit, and I showed [Lindsay] the poster," says Rodriguez. "And she said, 'Alright, I'm in.'"

Lohan had no problem with her introduction to the movie, where she's pulled out of a drug den by her frustrated father. "If it was just that scene, I'm sure she would not have been interested in it," says Rodriguez. "But for the character that was part of the spoof of it."

Indeed, Lohan's character goes from wild child to hero -- and eventually dons a nun's habit and a machine gun to avenge the death of a loved one.

"It's like, this is how you end up. So it was perfect for her," says Rodriguez. "Because she had so far to go, [and] it was a character she wanted to play."

Exclusive Video of Lohan's Machete Leading Man Danny Trejo at a Wild Photo Shoot:

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Friday 03 September

By Hep

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What's wrong with that costume designer? That's the worst-fitting nun's habit!

By haoriguai

From there, Rodriguez "reverse engineered" and came up with a storyline for Lohan around the character, who became a drug-using wild child that drives her father crazy with her antics..My boyfriend left me a year ago. now..I may be in need of someone to love..still..My friends told me about
A g é L é s s m a t e . ℃○M. and i got curious about it.. they met their boyfriends there.,It's the best place to meet a older boyfriend or a younger girlfriend. i cant risk myself..So i got a username sammyli there in order to find a new boyfriend.is it wrong?

By Rockin

No way really ? I thought it was because she smokes CRRRRRRRACK !!
SHE SMPKES CRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRACK !!

By Nico Toscani

I bet her regrets ever casting her. I've also got to say that as much as I love Danny Trejo as a character actor; there's no way he can carry a whole film as the lead. This was a fun experiment for Rodriguez, but one that is an abject failure.

I bet HE regrets ever casting her. SORRY!

By jbigmacdaddy74

HER BLONDE HAIR,I DONT THINK HER BOTOX LIPS,UMMM MAYBE.

By JEB BUCKINGHAM

This movie is going to TANK at the box office. Mark my words.

By Tommy Unger

TOO BAD ABOUT HER UPPER LIP. GEEZ, SHE LOOKS LIKE A DOLPHIN NOW.
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN DESTROYING HERSELF...TOO BAD!

Saturday 04 September

By lipanconjuring

Hope someone takes a Machete to her. I'd watch that.

Sunday 05 September

By Dmoongo

Once the word gets out about the pro-Hispanic, illegal alien content of this film, I think it will be a moneymaker among that segment of the population. Maybe not at the box office, but this is going to be a huge DVD rental film.

Like the old westerns, when the audience cheered at the arrival of the cavalry to shoot down the Indians, Hispanics will cheer when the white bad guys and politicians get their butts kicked.

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