THE Parent Trap launched the career of child star Lindsay Lohan and is still loved by generations of fans.
And just to make you feel really old, the film marks its 25th anniversary today.
Lindsay, now 37, was just 12 when she played identical twins Annie James and Hallie Parker in the family movie.
She became a Disney star with Freaky Friday before starring in teen classic Mean Girls.
But her life and career famously went off the rails from 2007, with drug and drink addiction leading to a string of court appearances.
She was twice convicted of drunk driving, once for cocaine use, and made several trips to rehab. She was also jailed – for just 84 minutes – for shoplifting.
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After kicking her substance abuse habit, she opened two nightclubs in Greece and starred on the British show Sick Note.
Lohan revived her music career in 2020 with the release of new track Back to Me.
The former child star, who now lives in Dubai, is now happily settled down with husband Bader Shammas, also 37.
The couple, who met in 2019 and went public in February 2020 and secretly married in April 2022, welcomed their first child, son Luai, in July this year.
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So what became of her fellow Parent Trap stars? From a stint in Corrie to a 40-year-age gap romance, we reveal what happened next.
Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid played Nick Parker, the father of Annie and Hallie, and has since starred in movies The Day After Tomorrow and the 2011 Footloose remake.
Aside from his work as an actor, Quaid is the lead singer-songwriter for the band Dennis Quaid and the Sharks.
The actor – a devout Christian – released an album earlier this year inspired by his Baptist upbringing, and recently took to the stage with The Doors’ Robby Krieger for a surprise gig.
The Hollywood star was married to Meg Ryan for 10 years from 1991, and they share a son, Jack, now 21, who recently starred in Oppenheimer after making his acting debut in The Hunger Games.
Ryan has claimed Quaid was unfaithful – and insisted she didn’t leave him for Russell Crowe, who had instant chemistry on the set of Proof of Life in 2000.
Quaid married current wife Laura Savoie – 39 years his junior – in 2020. Now 69, he defended the almost 40-year age gap saying: ”I met her at a business event and then the relationship developed.
“You have no control over who you fall in love with.”
Elaine Hendrix
Elaine Hendrix, now 52, is probably best known for her role as The Parent Trap’s snobby villain Meredith Foster.
She went on to star in The Narrative and Joan of Arcadia, and more recently starred in the popular Netflix TV show Dynasty as Alexis Carrington, the character originally played by Joan Collins.
Hendrix took over from Nicolette Sheridan who left the series due health complications.
“Replacing a role that’s been going on for a couple of years is not something I’ve done before,” Hendrix said.
An animal rights activist, she also runs The Pet Matchmaker, an organisation concerned with the rescue, foster and adoption of homeless pets.
Earlier this year Elaine discovered her great-grandparents lived on the same street in New York as her Parent Trap co-star Lisa Ann Walter in the early 1900s and very likely socialised together.
Natasha Richardson
Natasha Richardson played Elizabeth James – the mother of Annie and Hallie.
The British actress, who was married to Taken star Liam Neeson, with whom she shared two children, tragically died following a horrific accident at the Canadian ski resort Mont Tremblant.
She died with her husband by her side after her family made the heart-breaking decision to turn off her life support. She was just 45.
Lisa Ann Walter
Lisa Ann Walter played Chessy, nanny to the identical twins who were born on October 11.
In a bizarre coincidence, the actress gave birth to her own identical twins three years after the film’s release – and they too were born on October 11.
She went on to star in Bruce Almighty with Jim Carrey, and the blockbuster War of the Worlds.
Walter, 60, is also the creator and executive producer of the reality weight-loss competition Dance Your Ass Off, on US TV.
She recently landed herself in hot water after criticising Megan Fox’s Kill Bill-inspired Halloween costume which appeared to break the SAG-AFTRA rule banning actors from dressing up as characters.
“Keep posturing for stupid s**t, pretty lady,” she wrote on X. “Meanwhile we’ll be working 10 hours a day – unpaid – to get basic contract earners a fair deal.” Walter later apologised for her remarks.
She is still close friends with Elaine Hendrix and Simon Kunz.
Simon Kunz
London-born actor Simon Kunz, 61, played butler Martin in the movie.
His many TV credits include roles in Waking the Dead, The IT Crowd and Sherlock.
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He has also starred in movies Captain America: The First Avenger and GoldenEye.
Kunz guest-starred on Coronation Street in 2007 as Mark Sinclair, a barrister involved in Tracy Barlow’s murder trial.
