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Tyra Banksknows she can’t “shine bright” withoutLindsay Lohan!
On Friday, Banks stopped over atThe Talkto discuss her upcoming Freeform movieLife-Size 2. While there, theAmerica’s Next Top Modelhost, 44, delivered a sweet message to her former co-star, who willnot be reprising her roleas Casey Stuart in the sequel.
“Lindsay, there is noLife-Sizewithout you,” she said, staring directly into the cameras. “We did this movie together 18 years ago and made it the cult classic that it is today.”
“And when you sit down with your family, and Cody and Michael and Ali — I remember them when they were little kids when we shot together — just know that sister TyTy is sending all of you guys kisses,” she continued.
Although Banks previously revealed that Lohan, 32, won’t be reprising her role due toscheduling conflicts, she did admit on Friday that the actress will be in the film in a “special” way.
“She’s gonna be in this one in a way,” Banks said. “There’s some Lindsay in there sprinkled in a very special, sweet way.”
In July, Banks announced that she would bereturning for the sequel, alongsideFrancia Raísa, theGrown-ishactress whonotably donated her kidney to BFF Selena Gomez.
“Now filming: LIFE SIZE 2,” Bankswrote on Instagram, captioning a picture of her and Raísa. “It’s time y’all! You’ve waited long enough. Could not find one single woman more perfect to co-star with Eve than the magnificently fierce @franciaraisa.”
After the cast was officially announced, fans of the original film began to wonder if Lohan would appear in the sequel. In September, however, Banks gave fans a little glimmer of hope when shetoldThe Hollywood Reporterthat her former co-star would beincorporated in “some kind of way.”
“I actually think we are going to surpass expectations because [for] me as a producer and actor in it, it surpassed my own expectations,” she added.
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Life-Size 2will follow Grace Manning (Raísa) as the “confident and funny” CEO of her mother’s company Marathon Toys (who are known for manufacturing the iconic Eve doll). Though she holds the power position, Raísa is “a hot mess in the middle of her quarter-life crisis” whose “wild-child ways are causing the company’s stock to plummet” — something Eve will surely help fix.
Joining the cast is Gavin Stenhouse as Grace’s love interest, Calum; Shanica Knowles and Hank Chen as Grace’s BFFs Tahlia and Brendan; and Alison Fernandez as Lex, Grace’s young next-door neighbor.
Along with starring and executive-producing the film, Banks will also be singingLife-Size 2‘s theme song, which she did for the first film. In March, theAmerica’s Got Talenthost toldEntertainment Weeklythat the new song will stray from a “nursery school rhyme” and sound “a lot more current” than the original.
“I am going todust off my retired vocal cordsforLife-Size 2,” Banks explained. “I’d love to find a top producer that everybody knows, like a household name, to do the music. And a beautiful sound technician to auto-tune the hell out of my voice.”
“Those words [“be a star”] will be in there some way, but it’ll sound totally new,” she continued. “We’re going for club banger as opposed to nursery school rhyme this time!”
Life-Size 2: A Christmas Evepremieres Sunday, Dec. 2 at 9 p.m. ET, as part of Freeform’s 25 Days of Christmas.
source: people.com
