'Really special': Lindsay Lohan reflects on 'Parent Trap' experience in co-star reunion

When Lindsay Lohan's own parents were going through a divorce, she was thankful to be filming "The Parent Trap" as a way to "figure out" the situation.

The actress, 34, reminisced with her "Parent Trap" co-stars in a video released Monday, reenacting some lines with her on-screen dad, Dennis Quaid, and reflecting on the making of her first film.

"I just felt so lucky and really blessed," Lohan said in the reunion video, posted to Katie Couric's Instagram account Monday morning. "Without this movie, I wouldn't have gotten the acting bug. How do you not want to only act for the rest of your life after doing a film like this?... It's timeless and special. Just really special."

Director Nancy Meyers announced Sunday that she and Couric reunited the Disney film's "entire" cast "for the first time since we made our movie." Lohan (Hallie/Annie) was joined via Zoom by Quaid (dad Nick Parker), Elaine Hendrix (Nick's evil fiancée, Meredith Blake), Lisa Ann Walter (Hallie's nanny, Chessy), Simon Kunz (Annie's butler, Martin) and writer/producer Charles Shyer.

The reunion served as a fundraiser for famous chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen, which helps provide fresh meals to communities in need.

The 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap" followed identical twins Annie and Hallie who were separated at birth but meet at summer camp, spurring a ploy to bring their divorced parents (Quaid and the late Natasha Richardson) back together.

"When it comes down to it, this movie just had some sort of stardust that was just sprinkled on it," Quaid said.

Reflecting on the audition process, Quaid revealed he "actually thought there were two" different girls playing the twins, because Lohan's accent was so good.

"I had such a blast doing this movie," said Quaid. "The first thing I remember was meeting Lindsay at some kind of screen test... I remember thinking, 'That's one of the most talented people I've met, period. Forget that she's 11 years old."

"The Parent Trap" was the first movie audition and first major role for Lohan, who had just turned 12 when the movie was released. Meyers said she had a quality that "leapt up at you and pulled you in" that made her a no-brainer for the role.

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After being launched into child stardom, she struggled for years with tabloids covering her every move from partying with Paris Hilton to arrests and stints in rehab for substance abuse. Last year, Lohan told USA TODAY she was "different" now and only kept in contact with two people from her Hollywood past: Oprah Winfrey, who produced a 2014 OWN series chronicling Lohan's post-rehab recovery, and her "Freaky Friday" co-star Jamie Lee Curtis.

"I feel like I can actually breathe," Lohan said at the time. "Mentally, my health is different. Everything is just different. ... It's a different kind of power that I've gained, just taking myself out of every (negative) situation that I used to constantly be in."

Richardson died in 2009 after a seemingly minor fall that led to a blow to the head while skiing at Quebec’s Mont Tremblant. The actress initially waved off medical care, but the head injury turned out to be fatal. She was survived by her husband, actor Liam Neeson, and their sons Micheal and Daniel, who were then 13 and 12, respectively.

"Natasha had such an elegance and grace and she was so maternal to me," Lohan said.

Hendrix recalled Richardson coming into the hair and makeup department in the mornings, where she would "literally swoon" talking about Neeson and their kids. Quaid remembered her as "somebody so giving, so glad to be there and transmitted that joy of being able to do what we do."

"It just made everything that much better," he added.

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Contributing: Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Lindsay Lohan reunites with 'Parent Trap' cast over video chat