Lindsay Lohan to play Liz Taylor in Lifetime film FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2012 file photo, actress Lindsay Lohan attends amfAR's New Yo...

Lindsay Lohan to play Liz Taylor in Lifetime film

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2012 file photo, actress Lindsay Lohan attends amfAR's New York gala benefit at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Lohan will portray Elizabeth Taylor in a Lifetime film about her love affair with actor Richard Burton On Monday, April 23, 2012, the network made official a casting decision rumored for months. They say Lohan will star in "Liz & Dick," with production set to begin in early June. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, pictured in March 2012, will portray Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor in a television movie about her romance with actor Richard Burton, Lifetime said Monday. (AFP Photo/Joe Klamar)

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, pictured in March 2012, will portray Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor in a television movie about her romance with actor Richard Burton, Lifetime said Monday. (AFP Photo/Joe Klamar) Lindsay Lohan / Elizabeth Taylor -- Getty Images

FILE- This Nov. 15, 1969 file photo shows Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor as they arrive at Hotel Hermitage for the Scorpion-Ball in Monaco. Princess Grace of Monaco invited the couple along with other guests for the celebration of her 40th birthday. Taylor is wearing the 69-carat diamond which is now known as the Taylor-Burton Diamond. Taylor died Wednesday at age 79 of congestive heart failure.

FILE - In a Sept. 22, 1951 file photo, Elizabeth Taylor is shown at the premiere of "The Lady with the Lamp" at the Warner Theater in London. In the Hollywood landscape of new, new, new, what really stands out on the red carpet is that today's starlets still emulate the looks of classic screen beauties, including Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth, who ruled the red carpet in the 1950s. (AP Photo/File)

Lindsay Lohan attends the Eva Fehren Jewelry Show at Roseark in West Hollywood, Calif. on April 4, 2012 -- Getty Premium

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 1953 file photo, actress Elizabeth Taylor stands on the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden. Publicist Sally Morrison says the actress died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79. (AP Photo/File)

Lindsay Lohan will portray Elizabeth Taylor in a Lifetime film about her love affair with actor Richard Burton.

Lifetime on Monday made official a casting decision rumored for months. The network says Lohan will star in "Liz & Dick," with production set to begin in early June.

There was no mention of who will play Burton or when the film will air.

Taylor and Burton met as co-stars of the 1963 epic "Cleopatra." They fell in love as the world looked on, left their respective spouses and got married. Then they divorced, only to remarry and divorce again.

In recent years the 25-year-old Lohan has gained her own measure of notoriety. "Liz & Dick" represents a step in her attempted career comeback.