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Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie

By Stephen Rodrick · The New York Times · January 2013

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Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie

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"Paul Schrader, Bret Easton Ellis, Lindsay Lohan and a porn star named James Deen try to make a movie for $250,000 that will save all of their careers. What could go wrong?"

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