Lindsay Lohan Told Michael Eisner He “Should’ve Paid Me Double” for ‘Parent Trap’

Lindsay Lohan recalled a time where she playfully questioned her pay at the 1998 premiere of The Parent Trap while appearing on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live.

The actress, who starred as twins Hallie “Hal” James Parker and Annie “Ann” James Parker in the comedy film, revealed that former Disney CEO Michael Eisner approached her at the premiere and asked, “Where’s your twin?” Lohan, who was 12 years old at the time, clarified that she did not have a twin and told Eisner she should have received a pay bump for playing two roles.

“I was so young, I don’t even know how I thought to say this, but I’ll never forget what I said. I said, ‘Well you should’ve paid me double, because I don’t have [a twin],’” Lohan recalled on Wednesday’s Watch What Happens Live. Host Andy Cohen high-fived her after hearing her response.

Lohan went on to reveal that The Parent Trap was her first-ever audition and she hasn’t had to audition since the Disney film premiered in 1998. The movie, directed and co-written by filmmaker Nancy Meyers, was Lohan’s breakout role. Parent Trap producer and co-writer Charles Shyer knew immediately that Lohan was the right girl for the part after watching her screen test, he told The Hollywood Reporter in 2012.

“This one is going to be impossible to beat,” he said of Lohan. Shyer also recalled the moment Eisner noticed Lohan at the film’s first preview.

“Disney head Michael Eisner said, ‘Those two girls are brilliant!’ He thought it was two different girls,” Shyer said at the time.

During her interview with Cohen, Lohan revealed that she is open to returning to The Parent Trap as long as Meyers is involved in the project.

“I mean if Nancy Meyers was a part of that, yeah,” Lohan said when Cohen asked if she’d star in a sequel or reboot of the film. “I would never say no to Nancy.”

While there have been no reports of a Parent Trap reboot, Lohan has reunited with Disney for her upcoming film Freakier Friday, co-starring Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie is a sequel to the 2003 film Freaky Friday.