Lindsay Lohan Unpacks ‘Our Little Secret’ and Reuniting with Chad Michael Murray on ‘Freakier Friday’

variety.com:

Katcy Stephan SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the ending of “Our Little Secret,” out now on Netflix.

Kristin Chenoweth had to channel her inner mean girl to play Lindsay Lohan’s judgmental mother-in-law in Netflix’s latest holiday rom-com “Our Little Secret.” To create the saccharine-sweet, “bless your heart” type of Southern mom, Chenoweth drew from comedians like Teri Garr and Carol Burnett (who she says is “like my second mom”), and from people-watching at malls and restaurants.

She even took a few cues from some of her own relatives – as for which ones, she’s saying tight-lipped: “I’d like to stay in the family, so I’m gonna be quiet.” In the film, Lohan and “Pretty Little Liars” alum Ian Harding star as exes who are forced to spend Christmas under the same roof after discovering that their current partners are siblings.

Harding says the film stands out amongst other holiday selections due to the unpredictable nature of its plot. “Sometimes you see in the Christmas movies … it’s clear from the fifth minute that these people are gonna get together,” he says. “I like that, that in some moments it’s like, maybe they’re healing old wounds or they’re kind of coming together, but they could feasibly be friends by the end of it.” Thankfully, things work out for the estranged couple, who find their way back together at the film’s end. “It felt nice, because it felt for the characters, it’s what’s right,” Lohan says.