Lohan to portray porn actress Lovelace

Lindsay Lohan has landed the lead role in an independent movie about 1970s porn star Linda Lovelace, one of the film's producers said.

The 24-year-old actress will play Lovelace, who shot to fame with the landmark 1972 porno movie "Deep Throat," producer Wali Razaqi told The Los Angeles Times.

The film, called "Inferno," will delve into the "difficult stuff Lovelace went through and overcame," Razaqi said.

Razaqi said he and director Matthew Wilder are confident the "Mean Girls" star will deliver.

"I would say it's probably one of the most challenging roles any actor could play - and not because of the sexual content, necessarily - but more because she was so battered and beat up emotionally, that I think it's gonna take everything Lindsay has to really be able to pull it off," he told the Times.

"Not that Lindsay's life is similar in any way - but she's been through a lot of ups and downs. A lot of times you're loved and then you're hated, and I think she can relate to those emotions and feelings."

Meanwhile, "Entertainment Tonight" filmed a segment last week with Lohan and her mother, Dina Lohan, at Dina's Merrick home. In the piece, which airs Thursday and Friday, Lindsay gives Dina a Mother's Day surprise: a closet makeover from Beverly Hills master organizer Linda Koppersmith.

In an interview with "ET," the troubled actress again denied she had a problem with drugs and alcohol.

"No, I don't," she said. "I work. If I go out with my friends, I'm 23 and I'm allowed to do that. I don't go out when I'm working."