Lindsay Lohan Compares Herself To Marilyn Monroe -- Twice!
Aug. 26 2011, Published 12:00 p.m. ET
By Adam S. Levy - Breaking Celebrity News Staff Writer
Lindsay Lohan is trying really hard to position herself as a modern day Marilyn Monroe.
The Mean Girls star on Friday tweeted a new pic of herself sporting a blonde 'do reminiscent of the star who inspired Elton John's original Candle In The Wind.
Lohan, 25, tweeted, "@joycebonelli shoot..... the most amazing, introspective experience. #bestmakeupartist ever along the lines of the saint #paulstar" with the pic of her dressed up in a Marilyn-esque get-up.
Lohan -- who also donned a short, blonde look for a Monroe-inspired cover of New York Magazine in 2008 -- discusses the parallels between she and the Hollywood icon (whose real name was Norma Jeane Baker) in the foreword for author Susan Bernard's new book, Marilyn: Intimate Exposure.
"Marilyn was the beautiful bad girl in that tight, rose-colored dress,” she wrote. “The character she played was strong and taking control, which I unconsciously knew at that young age (12) was a necessary quality for a woman. I can understand the photographer Bernard of Hollywood's Bruno Bernard statement, 'It took a superhuman effort to be Marilyn.' I identify."
She continued, "People in their mind have created who I am and act as if there is no real person inside of me. Just like Marilyn.
"Marilyn never wanted to be just a celebrity. Neither do I... I had always thought that movie stars were in films that would last forever in your mind. But now the films don't. I don't want to be remembered as someone who just wanted to be photographed, who goes out at night, and gets in trouble."