Lindsay Lohan Calls SPEED THE PLOW Process 'Terrifying'

Screen actress Lindsay Lohan recently sat down with Gaby Wood, of The Telegraph to talk about her upcoming stage debut in the West End production of SPEED-THE-PLOW.

Lohan says she is just now beginning to understand that every word spoken by her verbose character has a specific purpose. "The whole of Act Two, I just speak throughout the whole thing. And it's very precise," she says, "And he has meaning behind each word, and I'm figuring that out now, and today was the first kind of day that I - we've only been rehearsing for a week and a half - today is my first day that I kind of started to understand it?"

She also says the process feels, "terrifying, at times. Because in the beginning I, like, panicked. I was like: Oh my f---, I can't say all this s---." She admitted that she is still nervous about being able to memorize her lines.

SPEED-THE-PLOW is a play comprised of three long scenes about Hollywood executives who dream of making it big in the film industry. They endure a constant struggle between what is more important: making money or upholding the quality and value of the artwork.

The play premiered on Broadway in 1988 featuring Madonna in the role of "Karen," the role Lohan plans to take on in November. The original production was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and Best Direction of a Play. In 2008, a revival of SPEED-THE-PLOW opened on Broadway featuring Jeremy Piven, Raúl Esparza, and Elisabeth Moss.

Lohan made her motion picture debut in Disney's remake of The Parent Trap (1998), a critical and commercial hit. Her next motion picture, Disney's remake of Freaky Friday (2003), was also a success at the box office and with critics. With the release of Mean Girls (2004) and Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), she seemed destined for great things. Lohan's debut studio album, Speak (2004), was certified platinum. Her second album, A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005), was certified gold.

Between 2010 and 2013, Lohan went into rehabilitation three times, and spent much of her time entangled in legal problems stemming from misdemeanors and probation violations. In 2012 and 2013, she did further television work, including starring as Elizabeth Taylor in the biographical TV film Liz & Dick (2012). In 2013, she starred in Paul Schrader's independent film The Canyons.