This Article is From Nov 22, 2012

Nervous Lohan turned down dinner invite from Liz Taylor

Nervous Lohan turned down dinner invite from Liz Taylor

The 26-year-old actress missed out on the chance to meet Taylor because she was "too nervous" to join the late legend for dinner - and it's a decision she will always regret.

Highlights

  • Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, who plays Elizabeth Taylor in the new TV movie Liz and Dick, said she once turned down a dinner invitation from the screen legend out of nervousness.
  • The 26-year-old actress missed out on the chance to meet Taylor because she was "too nervous" to join the late legend for dinner - and it's a decision she will always regret.
  • "She had actually sent me a ring once and invited me to dinner, but I was genuinely just too nervous," Lohan told talk show host Jay Leno.
  • The new Lifetime movie is about the screen icon's tumultuous relationship with Richard Burton, and Lohan had a little extra insight into the private life of her Hollywood idol thanks to Taylor's personal nurse.
  • "My entertainment lawyer, he knows the nurse that was with her for about seven/eight years, so I became good friends with her and she was on set most of the days I was working and she actually gave me one of Elizabeth's furs, which was nice of her.
  • "It was nice to have the inside things that I didn't know, that when she was home in bed she would karaoke sometimes to (the radio). It's the small details," said Lohan.
Los Angeles: Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan,who plays Elizabeth Taylor in the new TV movie Liz and Dick,said she once turned down a dinner invitation from the screenlegend out of nervousness.

The 26-year-old actress missed out on the chance to meetTaylor because she was "too nervous" to join the late legendfor dinner - and it's a decision she will always regret.

"She had actually sent me a ring once and invited me todinner, but I was genuinely just too nervous," Lohan told talkshow host Jay Leno.

The new Lifetime movie is about the screen icon'stumultuous relationship with Richard Burton, and Lohan had alittle extra insight into the private life of her Hollywoodidol thanks to Taylor's personal nurse.

"My entertainment lawyer, he knows the nurse that waswith her for about seven/eight years, so I became good friendswith her and she was on set most of the days I was working andshe actually gave me one of Elizabeth's furs, which was niceof her.

"It was nice to have the inside things that I didn'tknow, that when she was home in bed she would karaokesometimes to (the radio). It's the small details," said Lohan.
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