Each week, it seems there’s a new anniversary of a pop culture milestone from the 1990s (remember all the “Sex and the City” stories in June?). This week is no exception.
On July 29, 1998, the Lindsay Lohan version of “The Parent Trap” hit theaters. A remake of the 1961 Hayley Mills classic, the Nancy Meyers-directed movie immediately caught on with a young audience and earned about $92 million at the box office. Lohan, age 12, rocketed to stardom.
Freeform will air the movie Monday night (it starts promptly at 7:50 p.m.), and several cast members will be on social media to celebrate the occasion. In a surprising twist, one of those cast members has turned into the movie’s true hero in the last several years — and it’s probably not who you would expect.
That’s right — Meredith Blake (played by Elaine Hendrix) has become known as the real star of “The Parent Trap.” For those who don’t remember, Meredith was the undisputed villain. Annie and Hallie (Lohan) are identical twins whose parents divorced shortly after the babies were born, and each parent took one daughter. When the girls discover each other’s existence at summer camp years later, they team up and scheme to get their mom and dad (Natasha Richardson and Dennis Quaid) back together.