Netflix has shared the trailer and poster for Irish Wish, the new romantic comedy starring Lindsay Lohan, Ed Speleers, and Alexander Vlahos.
Directed by Janeen Damian (Falling for Christmas) from a script by Kirsten Hansen, the film will be available on the streaming service on March 15, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day.
In Irish Wish, when the love of her life gets engaged to her best friend, Maddie (Lohan) puts her feelings aside to be a bridesmaid at their wedding in Ireland. Days before the pair are set to marry, Maddie makes a spontaneous wish for true love, only to wake up as the bride-to-be.
With her dream seeming to come true, Maddie soon realizes that her real soulmate is someone else entirely. The movie also stars Ayesha Curry, Elizabeth Tan, Jacinta Mulcahy, and Jane Seymour.
“She’s been ghostwriting for the writer she works for, and she’s hopelessly in love with him, and she’s expecting him to love her back,” Lohan told Netflix blog Tudum about her character. “It’s a nice story of luck and love and confidence.”
“Maddie’s [one of the only] characters that I’ve played [who’s] a woman on her own making her way in the world,” Lohan added. “We shaped her in a way that she was a bit more insecure in the beginning, and then she grows throughout the movie, and by the end, she really comes into her own.”
Lohan hopes audiences will feel seen in the same way she did. “It’s important to put yourself first and know your worth,” she said. “If you know you deserve better, go for it and get it.”
Ed Speleers praised his co-star. “This world, this sphere of filmmaking, comes very naturally for [Lindsay Lohan]. She has a great approach to the work and is very much in tune with her comedic bones. This was my first out-and-out rom-com, and to team up with Lindsay and film in the stunning Republic of Ireland felt like the perfect way to venture into this genre.”
“James is like the straight line through the film — he has a dry wit, if not somewhat sarcastic at times. But this comes from a good place; he’s curious about the world and people, and I felt that he’s a real observer,” Speleers said.
“I found him to be very comfortable in himself. He’s certainly not as intense as some of the individuals I’ve played recently.”
Ayesha Curry also talked about joining the production. “I wanted to be a part of this story because, for one, I love classic rom-coms, and this is just the epitome of that. I’m excited to be a part of something I hope will become a classic staple in people’s households that they’ll watch more than once.
“I also got to do it with my friend, and who doesn’t want to work with their friend?”
The producers of Irish Wish include Brad Krevoy and Michael Damian.
The executive producers are Amanda Phillips, James Townsend, Janeen Damian, Galen Fletcher, Steve Berman, Bryan Bordon, Kirsten Hansen, Bader Shammas, and Lindsay Lohan.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills in 2018 to cover the latest news on streaming, movies, TV, and video games.