Lindsay Lohan on Singing Again in ‘Freakier Friday’: It ‘Was Kind of Nerve-Racking’

Lindsay Lohan will show off her singing chops in Freakier Friday. In a new cover story interview for Elle, Lindsay Lohan spoke to Saturday Night Live‘s Chloe Fineman about reprising her role as Anna Coleman — and what it was like to sing again.

“It was good. Well, it was kind of nerve-racking at first, because I’m not singing as me,” Lohan said. “When I was doing [Freaky Friday], I was also recording an album, so it was part of my life at the time. In this movie, I was singing it as [my character] Anna, whereas before felt more like Lindsay singing.”

Lohan said the “whole band” came back together to make new music for the sequel. She even joked with one of her returning co-stars, “How weird is this? Are we still cool?” as a reference to how much their lives have changed, especially since both are now mothers.

“I feel like we live in a different world now, where women make it such a point, especially in motherhood, to make time for ourselves,” she added. “We make it important. But also, once you have one kid, you’re like, ‘Oh, my kid needs a kid to play with.’”

Lohan described the process of reconnecting with Jamie Lee Curtis for the film as “easygoing” as well.

“I feel like everything felt at ease when we were making it, and I feel that’s the best way to describe how I felt when I watched it. It felt easy and fun, and fresh at the same time,” she said. “There’s not a lot bringing me to the movie theaters personally right now. [Freakier Friday] is a feel-good movie, which is what I want to give people. And it’s fun.”

“When I saw the second cut, I wanted to get up and dance at the end,” she added. I was like, ‘Oh, this is cool. I like this song. I want people to do that.’”

In theaters Friday, Aug. 8, Freakier Friday builds on the premise of 2003’s Freaky Friday. A recent trailer previews Anna and Pink Slip returning to the stage more than 20 years after Lohan cut the all-time great fictional hit “Ultimate” for the original film. The trailer also features a leather-wearing Chad Michael Murray riding a motorcycle. The film also stars Manny Jacinto, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Rosalind Chao, and Mark Harmon. 

From Rolling Stone US.