Get ready,Life-Sizefans because Casey and Eve are officially reuniting (in some capacity!)
On Tuesday,Tyra Banksrevealed that whileLindsay Lohanwon’t bereprisingher roleas Casey Stuart due to scheduling conflicts, Lohan will be making an appearance in the sequel.
“I actually think we are going to surpass expectations because [for] me as a producer and actor in it, it surpassed my own expectations,” Banks explained toThe Hollywood Reporter.
A representative for Lohan did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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In July, theAmerica’s Next Top Modelhost announced that she would bereturning for the sequel, alongsideFrancia Raísa, theGrown-ishactress whonotably donated her kidney to BFF Selena Gomez.
“Now filming: LIFE SIZE 2,” Bankswrote on Instagram, captioning a picture of her and Raísa. “It’s time y’all! You’ve waited long enough. Could not find one single woman more perfect to co-star with Eve than the magnificently fierce @franciaraisa.”
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Life-Size 2will follow Grace Manning (Raísa) as the “confident and funny” CEO of her mother’s company Marathon Toys (who are known for manufacturing the iconic Eve doll). Though she holds the power position, Raísa is “a hot mess in the middle of her quarter-life crisis” whose “wild-child ways are causing the company’s stock to plummet” — something Eve will surely help fix.
Joining the cast is Gavin Stenhouse as Grace’s love interest, Calum; Shanica Knowles and Hank Chen as Grace’s BFFs Tahlia and Brendan; and Alison Fernandez as Lex, Grace’s young next-door neighbor.
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Along with starring and executive-producing the film, Banks will also be singingLife-Size 2‘s theme song, which she did for the first film. In March, theAmerica’s Got Talenthost toldEntertainment Weeklythat the new song will stray from a “nursery school rhyme” and sound “a lot more current” than the original.
“I am going todust off my retired vocal chordsforLife-Size 2,” Banks explained. “I’d love to find a top producer that everybody knows, like a household name, to do the music. And a beautiful sound technician to auto-tune the hell out of my voice. … Those words [“be a star”] will be in there some way, but it’ll sound totally new. … We’re going for club banger as opposed to nursery school rhyme this time!”
Life-Size 2is expected to premiere during Freeform’s 25 Days of Christmas in December.
source: people.com
