Jodie Markell Directing Lindsay Lohan’ The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
According to Variety, Lindsay Lohan is set to play in a big screen version of Tennessee Williams screenplay, “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” while actress Jodie Markell has signed on to make her feature directing debut. The dramatic script “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” was published in the four-part collection “Stopped Rocking and Other Screenplays” in 1984.
The shooting of the film will start this spring in Louisiana. The movie will tell the story of Fisher Willow (Lindsay Lohan), an arrogant daughter of a plantation owner falling in love with a plantation worker, Jimmy (played by Chris Evans). Actors Ellen Burstyn, David Strathairn and Ann-Margret are also among the cast ones.