Elizabeth Taylor preemptively dissed "Liz & Dick"

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Time wondered out loud if Liz and Dick would be the worst movie of the year, and they weren't alone.

The ironically anticipated Lifetime movie, starring perennial basketcase Lindsay Lohan, was pretty much universally slammed, most notably by Elizabeth Taylor herself.

No one is going to play Elizabeth Taylor, but Elizabeth Taylor herself.

— Elizabeth Taylor (@DameElizabeth) July 23, 2010

Of course the tweet was sent long before the movie aired, or even before development had even begun. Taylor sent the tweet in July 2010, and died in March 2011. Lifetime announced the biopic in May 2011.

Actual Train Wrecks reject any offensive comparisons to "Liz and Dick."

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) November 26, 2012

I cannot take LaLohan seriously as Elizabeth Taylor... its like Paris Hilton playing Marilyn Monroe @perezhilton #Liz and Dick

— Lyndsey(@MsLynsA) November 26, 2012

Watching "Liz and Dick" while I have several unwatched Homelands on the DVR. I AM THE PROBLEM.

— James Urbaniak (@JamesUrbaniak) November 26, 2012

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