If Lindsay Lohan thought she'd be growing up Gotti, well, she can simply fuggedaboutit now.
It would've been a helluva big-screen comeback, but LiLo couldn't quite strike a deal to play Victoria Gotti in Gotti: Three Generations, a biopic about late mobster John Gotti and his days running the Gambino crime family.
"I promise you Lindsay Lohan is not playing Victoria Gotti," producer Mark Fiore tells E! News. "Talks have stopped and we are done."
Er, not quite...
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Though Fiore originally said that Lohan will not be taking any other role in the movie either, saying, "We have no discussions with her," the actress has actually been tapped to play John Gotti Jr.'s wife.
So what gives?
Apparently, the troubled star's management pushed for an offer that was easy for the producers to refuse as she was demanding a big payday.
A week ago, Lohan turned up at a press conference in New York to plug the project alongside castmember John Travolta, who's set to play the Dapper Don, and real-life members of Gotti's family--including Victoria herself, who told E! that she thought Lindsay had the toughness required for the part.
Lohan's casting was not a given, however, as both the filmmakers and Lohan herself acknowledged they had yet to agree to a contract. And given the actress's recent legal problems, locking her into one wasn't going to be easy--particularly since she's still on probation.
Director Nick Cassavetes dropped out of Gotti Tuesday due to a scheduling conflict with Yellow, another indie film he was helming, so the search is currently under way for a new director.
If all goes well, shooting will commence in the fall.
--Reporting by Claudia Rosenbaum