Lindsay Lohan To Star In ‘The Little Mermaid’? Director Bill Condon Weighs In

Lindsay Lohan’s acting career has been pretty nonexistent lately, but the actress has expressed her desire to star in “The Little Mermaid” should Disney decide to pursue a live movie adaptation.

Vulture even asked “Beauty and the Beast” director Bill Condon about Lohan’s possible comeback. The actress said that she’s willing to take on the role of Ariel, if Disney gets Condon to direct.

Read: Lindsay Lohan drops hints about starring in ‘The Little Mermaid’

For his part, Condon was touched by Lohan’s statements and said he hopes she gets the role. “I know! It was sweet, it was very sweet of her. I hope she gets to make that movie. I feel like I was so lucky in getting this crown jewel, but I’ll go see her in ‘Little Mermaid,’ absolutely,” he said.

Earlier, Lohan teased fans about “The Little Mermaid” when she shared a photo collage on Instagram showing her beside the animated Ariel.

She wants the role so badly that she even mentioned it during an interview with Turkish television about her humanitarian work.

Whatever the case, Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” still has no leading lady. The studio got Lin-Manuel Miranda on board for the film project, but the “Hamilton” star confessed to Vulture that he’s quite “intimidated” by whatever they need him to do.

“We're in super-early talks — I literally don't have a title for what my job on ‘The Little Mermaid’ is yet,” he said. “Right now, it's the guy who wears the ‘don't mess it up’ hat. If I could sign a contract with that job title on it, that would be great! But that's sort of where we are.”

Universal Pictures was supposed to make its own live movie adaptation of “The Little Mermaid” and tapped Chloe Grace Moretz to star as Ariel. The studio got Rebecca Thomas as director, while the script will be written by Richard Curtis, according to Movie Web.

However, Moretz later turned down the role because she wanted to be more selective of the roles she’s going to do. “I pulled the plug on all my movies because I want to reassess who I am and find myself within my roles again,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “I'm realizing that I can slow down.”