Inglourious Basterds director Quentin Tarantino is considering helping Lindsay Lohan resurrect her off-the-rails career by casting the former Mean Girl in a proposed horror film, a scoop from celebrity website Absolutenow.com claims.
Tarantino is said to have a “hardcore” character in mind for the troubled 23-year-old star in an effort to stop her once thriving film career from becoming just a blip on Hollywood’s radar.
“Lindsay is just the kind of character Quentin loves,” an insider told AbsoluteNow.com. “No one expects her to do anything significant on film ever again, but he has at least one role he feels she would be perfect for. It’s a shocking, hardcore character but it will put her back on the map much as Quentin did for John Travolta.”
Travolta’s career was also in a downward spiral before the director cast him as heroin addict hitman Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction.
The acclaimed filmmaker has long been rumored to be a fan of Lindsay’s work — and even praised the fiery star as a “terrific actor” in an interview with London’s Daily Star August.
“I’ve always loved Lindsay. She is a terrific, terrific actor. I think the work she did in Freaky Friday was just top notch acting,” Tarantino allegedly said.
Lindsay furthered wowed Tarantino’s director buddy Robert Rodriguez on the set of Machete, which co-stars Robert DeNiro and Jessica Alba.