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A producer for the upcoming film Inferno has confirmed Lindsay Lohan will take on the role of 70's porn star Linda Lovelace in the movie, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Wali Razaqi tells the newspaper that Lohan will make the big announcement at the Cannes Film Festival. As for choosing Lindsay, he says:

    "We've all thought that Lindsay would be a great choice for a while now, and we're all convinced that she is going to do it. For at least a year, the director [Matthew Wilder] and I have gone back and forth imagining how awesome of a performance she could give if she was in the movie."


Details as to what Lindsay will be doing in the movie have been kept under wraps, but Razaqi did open up a bit about the R-rated role:

    "I would say it's probably one of the most challenging roles any actor could play -- and not because of the sexual content, necessarily -- but more because she was so battered and beat up emotionally, that I think it’s gonna take everything Lindsay has to really be able to pull it off," he said. "Not that Lindsay's life is similar in any way -- but she's been through a lot of ups and downs. A lot of times you're loved and then you're hated, and I think she can relate to those emotions and feelings. One week she's the 'it' girl, and the next, she's the 'what are you doing?' girl."


Bill Pullman will play Hugh Hefner in the film, according to Razaqi. So is the producer concerned about casting Lindsay given her recent troubles? He says, "I'll tell you this. If her behavior were a serious concern, I don't think we would have been going after her the way we did."