Lindsay Lohan's father thinks she deserved an Oscar for The Parent Trap

The Lindsay Lohan-aissance might be upon us thanks to the actress' recent slate of Netflix films, but the performer's father feels his daughter's surge is long overdue.

Michael Lohan revealed on the most recent episode of the Behind the Velvet Rope podcast that he thinks his daughter should've won an Oscar for one of the most beloved roles in her career at the center of Disney's Nancy Meyers-directed 1998 adaptation of The Parent Trap.

"I literally cried. I couldn't believe my daughter was so talented, to switch her accents at the drop of a dime, on her own, and pull that off like she did," the elder Lohan said on the episode, specifically referencing a key scene shared between his daughter — who played two characters, Hallie Parker and the British-accented Annie James, twins separated at birth — and the late Natasha Richardson.

Michael praised Lindsay for enduring "seven months of shooting" while switching dialects the entire time. "It's seamless. It's flawless, and she should have gotten an Oscar for that film. There's no question," he continued, later adding: "You show me another kid that age that could have pulled that off. I don't know any."

He eventually invoked Judy Garland's name while speaking about the early promise of Lindsay's career, noting that Garland was "amazing" at the start of her own Hollywood trajectory at a young age, but stressed that "she was much older than Lindsay," still.

Elsewhere on the podcast, Michael spoke about the media's treatment of his daughter's journey toward sobriety throughout the 2000s, when her off-screen life became fodder for tabloid coverage. He claimed that, while offers for movies began to dry up, several networks offered to document his family's life on a reality show, though differences in opinions among the relatives ultimately led to the project being shelved.

Lindsay's return to mainstream success began in 2019, when she partnered with MTV to launch her Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club docuseries, which followed her as she sought a staff to join her on her hospitality and nightlife ventures in Greece.

Later, she would land her first leading role in a major studio movie in nearly a decade when she fronted Netflix's Falling for Christmas in 2022. She eventually landed a multi-picture deal with the streaming service, which will also see the release of the Ireland-set rom-com Irish Wish on March 15, and will facilitate a Mean Girls reunion between Lindsay and Tim Meadows in another holiday rom-com, Our Little Secret, in the future.

Listen to Michael discuss Lindsay in the podcast episode above.

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