Lindsay Lohan Swaps Life in Netflix Rom-Com – The Hollywood Reporter

Lindsay Lohan is giving fans a dose of nostalgia by starring in another life-changing film, this time for Netflix.

In rom com Irish DesireLohan plays Maddie, who is down on her luck when the love of her life proposes to her best friend. While in Ireland for the wedding, Maddie wishes she could be the one to marry him and wake up as the bride-to-be. Is the man she thought was her true love actually the one he is even though he is engaged to someone else, or will she fall in love with someone else?

In the trailer, Maddie travels to Ireland to attend the wedding of Paul (Alexander Vlahos), a writer she used to work with as a book editor. On her way to the wedding venue, she meets a handsome Irish stranger (Ed Speleers) on the bus but realizes she is hung up on Paul. While Maddy regrets not telling Paul how she feels, she doesn’t want to ruin his wedding, as he is engaged to her best friend Emma (Elizabeth Tan).

Maddie’s mother (Jane Seymour) urges her to “speak up” for herself, but she feels it is too late and instead wishes she could be the one to marry Paul. But Maddie quickly learns to be careful what she wishes for when she wakes up in bed with Paul, and realizes that she has traded her life with Emma.

When she keeps crossing paths with the man she met on the bus, she begins to wonder what she wants. “I know this sounds strange, but I’m not sure this is supposed to be my life,” she says. With the help of her friend Heather (Ayesha Curry), Maddie navigates her romantic entanglements as she strives to find true love.

The story of the film reminds us of other famous Lohan films, Just my luck And Freaky Friday. in Just my luckLohan starred alongside Chris Pine as the unluckiest woman in New York City, who trades luck with an unlucky janitor. Freaky Friday Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis saw each other as daughter and mother swapping bodies.

Irish DesireDirected by Janine Damien (Fall for Christmas) and written by Kirsten Hansen, will be available to stream on Netflix on March 15.