Lindsay Lohan somehow landed the role in Lifetime’s Liz & Dick playing Elizabeth Taylor. About which everyone is really excited, despite this being a rather reductive backpedal during which a former box office lead stops for a smoke before she’s relegated to cameos in cable commercials. This whole thing is going to be a crack mess of lateness (Glee), forgotten lines (SNL), and dramatic moments recreated by Uncle Terry with even worse lighting. And the process is cheapened still because Lohan’s clearly getting some say in whom she’s cast against. According to reports, Lohan is ‘unhappy’ with the dudes in line to star as Richard Burton; Matthew Settle, Sean Maguire, and Craig Robert Young. The biopic, which has been in pre-production for a while and will begin taping within weeks, still has not settled on a male lead. A production source opines as to why: ‘Lindsay declared that none of the actors were the right fit and that she wanted to go to London to look for a possible Burton actor there. Lindsay is being an absolute nightmare about who should play Burton… She wants a major A-list star to be her co-star. However, her salary for the role took up a major portion of the budget, and the Burton gig will likely only pay $200k, max. The producers don’t need to get Lindsay’s approval of who will play Richard Burton, but they want to keep her happy… There just isn’t any money in the budget, or time, to [cast in London]. The producers will try to land someone that Lindsay likes, but, if push comes to shove, they will just cast the role without her approval… They are already in pre-production and it’s very hard to conduct any rehearsals without the pivotal role of Richard Burton. There is also cause for concern because Lindsay partied all night last week with Paris Hilton, Barron Hilton and Brandon Davis…  Lindsay shouldn’t be out partying all night long, no good can come of that.’