Lindsay Lohan veteran. Lohan remained in her role on "Another World" for a year, before leaving to star in Disney's 1998 family comedy "The Parent Trap," a remake of the 1961 movie. She played dual roles of twins, separated in infancy, who try to reunite their long-divorced parents, played by Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson. The film earned $92 million worldwide, and received largely positive reviews. Lohan received unanimous acclaim for her debut performance. Critic Kenneth Turan called Lohan "the soul of this film as much as Hayley Mills was of the original," going on to say that "she is more adept
The Parent Trap II Grand are the same names of the characters that Mills portrayed in the Disney films "The Moon-Spinners" and "In Search of the Castaways". Director Ronald F. Maxwell revealed that this was an homage to Mills' films with The Walt Disney Company. The characters of Walter and Lillian Elias are named after Walt Disney and his wife. (Disney's full name was Walter Elias Disney; Lillian was his wife's name.) Ronald F. Maxwell was chosen to direct this sequel, taking over from the original's director David Swift. When the film premiered on the Disney Channel, a documentary titled "On Location: Parent Trap