LOS
ANGELES- Amanda Bynes yesterday revealed in an interview with Vanity
Fair
that her antics of the past year have all been part of her method
acting training to play Lindsay Lohan in a made-for-TV biopic.
The
actress, who got her start on Nickelodeon
shows
such as All
That and
The
Amanda Show
in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, will be starring in Bars
of Metal and Alcohol: A Lindsay Lohan Biopic
later this year on the Lifetime
television
network. To prepare for what she calls a “career-changing role,”
Bynes has done her best to essentially “become” Lohan over the
past year.
The
term “method” refers to when an actor prepares for a role by
indulging oneself in that character’s exact lifestyle to correctly
embody its attitudes and emotions. The task has been appropriately
demanding for Bynes. “When I was first cast as Lindsay, I knew
preparing would be no easy feat. That’s why I got started with the
process right away.”
She
started out small on March 7, 2012, getting a traffic ticket for
using a cell phone while driving. But it soon became clear minor
violations wouldn’t cut it. “I had to go bigger than that,”
said Bynes. The next month, she got a DUI after side-swiping a police
car at 3 A.M. Bynes added two hit-and-runs to her record, one later
that month and another in August, in order to, “help myself feel
more like a drunken buffoon”. Finally in September, her BMW was
impounded after she was caught driving with a suspended license.
Bynes made it clear that she felt bad for what she put the Los
Angeles Police Department through, “but I really needed to nail
down the ‘I’m above the law.’ aspect of Lindsay’s
personality”.
“I
would also like to apologize to the other parties involved in my
hit-and-run charges, along with anyone else who may have been hurt by
my behavior. I’m not a self-absorbed drunk, I’m just playing one
in a movie,” she said.
-By Mike Vandenberg
