'Parent Trap' Star Hayley Mills Talks Original Movie And Lindsay Lohan Remake

Hayley Mills shares her memories from the original 1961 "Parent Trap" movie. She also praises Lindsay Lohan's performance in the 1998 remake as "excellent."
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[@AvecPoesie]

I adored the original film as a child! Hayley Mills possessed such a sweetly expressive face!

[@annettesjoy]

Me too!!!

[@manuelorozco7760]

I didn’t watch it until my senior year of HS

[@ingy291]

I loved her so much growing up, all her movies are still my favorites, Pollyanna, That darn cat... She's still cute as a button too!

[@vickyswindoll686]

Me too 😊

[@AvecPoesie]

@@ingy291 Yes! Pollyanna and That Darn Cat! were splendid films! I was always drawn to older films as a young girl. 😊

[@Clonehalle]

I grew up on Lindsay's version of The Parent Trap and I absolutely loved it. I learned years later that there was an original one and watched it. Love both versions for different reasons. It takes alot of talent to pull of dual roles the way both actresses did. Much respect.

[@04279]

I can only recommend also to watch the original 1950-movie "Two Times Lotte" , which has actual twins casted.

[@chrisfinch8637]

I did the same, and while I watched the original version, I saw and heard things that were similar to the ‘98 version, but different characters and personalities shown throughout. It really was such great fun to see their comparisons and how much they differed between each other, based on the year and actors shown.

[@christhornycroft3686]

Hooray! Millennials!

[@Justinlm99]

It's strange because I'm 23 and I grew up with the original version and still to this day have never seen the Lindsay Lohan remake. One day I'll have to, just to compare.

[@EytsirhcChristye]

How did you not know about the original? A lot of people say that and it always blows my mind.

[@brendapaws7933]

Nothing beats the original Parent Trap. I grew watching Hayley Mills in different Disney movies. Such a great actress. Her family is so talented.

[@alienmoosestudios]

Hayley Mills is such an iconic Hollywood Treasure. So good to see her looking so fabulous and reminiscing on one of my favorite films.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I’ve also seen her in the Disney Channel sequel, That Darn Cat, Pollyanna, Summer Magic and her voice role in A Troll in Central Park

[@Babygirlly555]

@@manuelorozco7760 She was Miss Bliss on Saved by Bell.

[@manuelorozco7760]

@@Babygirlly555 I read it in the comments

[@jaredjlinden]

Hayley just had that spark. She was so watchable. Also loved her in The Trouble with Angels.

[@stephaniekinsley1792]

Yes!! I also just loved her in The Trouble With Angels!!😄

[@bonnierobinson8684]

Me too!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Yes! She was scathingly brilliant in that one! Get it?

[@alainamo]

Love that one!

[@omarcogle1965]

I wish they had her Miss Bliss as Canon in Saved By The Bell, and Zack sees her again.

[@armandoucles5346]

I'm 37 and I grew up with Hayley's "Parent Trap".

[@californianorma876]

aawwwww kiddo, I'm 61 and I loved it, and still love it! Never saw the redo...

[@angelavenable7308]

Me too. Same age too. I love Maureen O’Hara. She reminded me of my grandma!

[@OrgaNikhHerbalVerbalTea]

I'm younger Lohan and grew up on the Hayley Mills version only😍😍😍😍

[@OrgaNikhHerbalVerbalTea]

@Jason Montague Underworld?! I better start lying away so I can meet Selene the Vampire! Cheers for the tip down beloooooooowwwww! 🍻🍻

[@nazgulstew]

@@californianorma876 both are awesome!

[@LifeWithYah]

Can we give her credit for being British and taking on a Boston and California accent

[@sabrinashelton1997]

I mean, she definitely sounded completely British throughout the entire movie, but ok.

[@jamesfoster1910]

I don't hear much of a Boston or California accent in the movie. When I first saw it I just identified it as British and didn't question it.

[@sabrinashelton1997]

@@jamesfoster1910 Absolute same.

[@mrsheatherteske]

I heard a difference but perhaps I wanted to...

[@alisonchaplin8641]

I think you can here a slightly more American accent when she's trying to do the California accent. I wonder why they didn't have one girl be from England like the second movie, since Hayley was british.

[@slayaw99]

Haley’s performance was so genuine to me as a kid I hoped to find my long lost twin. The next best thing happened years later when I became a mom of twins.

[@VintageToysASMR]

That is so awesome!! 👶👶

[@user-nc2bf9vx5y]

Wow! Twins run in my mom's family.

[@georginalewis6153]

She's aged SO well!! Beautiful

[@jbphobbyist3835]

The parent trap movie is my favorite Disney movie, I have watched it lots and lots of times

[@act4666]

Great film!!!!

[@summermen]

She sounds very well-balanced, seems modest and regular -- I just hope that somewhere in there she really realizes how utterly fabulous she was and that the whole world was in love with her...and she was a superb young actress.

[@Eidann63]

I agree. I wanted to BE her or (at least) a good friend. 😄

[@HuntingViolets]

Loved her in _The Chalk Garden_ and other things.

[@sassysarina9718]

I named my daughter Hayley because of seeing this movie when I was a child.

[@pollacksharman0147]

Hello how are you doing?

[@dandylion2279]

Both Hayley and Lindsay were amazing, the films are amazing!

[@lanaodierna6670]

She is still so beautiful!!! I always loved her speaking voice!

[@MsKylea]

She also was Miss Bliss on Saved by the Bell!!! Her voice is still recognizable!!

[@xrey83]

I would like to see her on the reboot

[@phoenixgal2278]

Hayley Mills rendition of "Parent Trap" was one of my favorites (Lindsay Lohan's move was also great). It's great to see her talk about her role in the Disney Movie.

[@pollacksharman0147]

Hello how are you doing?

[@pbwi9756]

I watched this film so many times growing up. It was one of my absolute favorite movies. What a joy to see Hayley Mills talk about the film.

[@kmallory100]

All these years later and I still love this movie!

[@bluezinnia847]

Wow, Hayley Mills still looks more beautiful than ever! I Love the British people! But when I watched it many years ago, I had no idea she was British! She is just a delight to behold as ever!

[@kidfresh351]

She's one of my favorites. Loved her in That Darn Cat too

[@cherihill2003]

That was a great movie!

[@rachelle_banks]

Hayley Mills work on that film was so impeccable. Her distinction of characters was so clear that you just thought it was really two different people. Especially when she played one girl pretending to be the other girl. That was just so good because you could tell it was Susan uncomfortably impersonating Sharon. And you could tell that it was Sharon trying to learn how to let (what was left of) her hair down so that she could convincingly impersonate Susan. I work with young performers and I always point them to The parent trap so that they can see some high-quality acting chops and understand that really good acting is not determined by one's age or even experience in the industry.

[@the_dancerjen1773]

I love her so very much. Her movies were a comfort to me when I was a kid.

[@pollacksharman0147]

Hello how are you doing?

[@SteveCarras]

The dancer Jen I agree there.,her singing, especially her in search of the castaways theme

[@billythomas4804]

I remember when The Parent Trap came out; Everyone LOVED this movie! I still do!

[@z6886]

I adored Hayley Mills when I was growing up. Thank you, Hayley Mills for giving us such wonderful films to grow on.

[@chrisholzhauer3698]

I love both versions. Wonderful Hayley Mills. Can you imagine having done that work at that age? So talented.

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

Hayley Mills --still beautiful. she's such a class act and a classy lady even if she didn't like the remake she would never say so.

[@emerald637]

I will always cherish the original 1961 film The Parent Trap, as I was experiencing the same thing in my childhood, at the time I first was watched the movie (many years later after its release). Hayley Mills was perfectly cast, as was Brian Keith and Maureen O'Hara.

[@carolsutton2955]

My first hayley movie and I was enchanted. Love her to this day and I think she is a lovely modest person. Adored her early movies. Her career halted in her 20s with some bad choices but her talent remains

[@jannythomas3104]

Love both parent trap movies, Hayley and Lindsay were right for the roles, as was the casts for both movies they are now classics.

[@user-sb7lb5nt1q]

Me too

[@rayoflight6505]

She'll always be Pollyanna to me, adore that film 😍

[@manuelorozco7760]

I previously watched it two summers ago

[@kmallory100]

I loved that movie!!!!!

[@LittleKittyCat]

That's how I found out about her. ❤

[@heather737]

Pollyanna was how I learned about prisms!

[@elanaviner404]

A treasure of a movie. I love it still

[@pollacksharman0147]

Hello how are you doing?

[@janicetrent9694]

I love both the movies. Haley is a great actress.

[@shannonvilandre7933]

One of my favorite childhood movies 😍

[@spriteinthezone]

The original film was great. Always an awesome watch.

[@raea3588]

One of the reasons that makes Hayley Mills so incomparable is that when you're watching any of her films, one feels that they are her character; that they are experiencing whatever she is. She draws you in that much with her natural ability and it's wonderful and it's fun... There is nothing fake about Hayley

[@mrs.herculepoirot7763]

A wonderful actress and a class act.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

The funniest part is when she says “She got one over me” referring to her body double dating Elvis Presley.

[@juliekadams]

But Haley dated George Harrison, one night, anyway.

[@04279]

You can tell that she has happy and joyful moments about that movie since she almost come to tears when talking about it. So lovely.

[@lindanorth-johnson3096]

Loved both versions... 1 by Haley Mills & the other by Lindsay.

[@tasneembashir4880]

I didn't know there was an original movie🙈

[@manuelorozco7760]

So do I

[@mindysimo73]

And you can’t even spell her name correctly when it’s written so many times. Its Hayley

[@mindysimo73]

@@tasneembashir4880 you’re not getting what is being said. Both versions mean playing both Susan and Sharon the twins.

[@m_elanyy]

I fell in love with the 1998 version and then years later when I was able to watch the original version I fell in love with that one too, they’re both my absolute favorite movies of all time❤️❤️

[@LifeWithYah]

One of my favorite movies

[@springsogourne]

Pollyanna and Trouble with Angels are still favorites to me! I adored her.

[@BobbieXxoo]

My very favorite version of this movie is the one with Hailey Mills! She's so elegant n classy! She is still so beautiful!

[@pollacksharman0147]

Hello how are you doing?

[@theastewart6721]

Thank you Hayley Mills for all of the joy you brought to me in my childhood! I’ve loved all of your movies! The 60’s were a magical time for me. I had wonderful parents; the best really. And my children watched Saved By the Bell. I’m guessing the name here. Miss Bliss? Ok, I had to go look it up after to make sure, lol. Full disclosure 😂. Hayley Mills made wonderful movies. Pollyanna comes to mind as just one of so many. Many thanks for this video. What a blessing!💝

[@kallen868]

I adore Hayley Mills! Been a fan all my life. Got to see her as Anna in The King and I!😍💖

[@bonnierobinson8684]

Lucky you!

[@chrisfinch8637]

I vividly remember being so young and watching The Parent Trap '98 quite a lot, and became so surprised that there was one made in the '61, that was almost similar to '98. I've got to admit that in the remake, I was disappointed that Mills didn't make a cameo (I would've pictured her as one of the Camp Counselors), or that it wasn't dedicated to Brian Keith, but while I'm very much a fan of Lohan's performance in '98, I still admire how it was put together with Mills, in the original. After all, like Lohan, Mills should get praise too, just like how she beautifully praised '98.

[@toplaycool21]

Both films are wonderful, grew up watching them. Both are classics in their own right.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I didn’t watch the original until I was a senior in HS. But I grew up with the remake too

[@gaylesbeautycorner1996]

I love the original parent trap so much 🥰 one of my favourite movies of all time

[@notsonutsomills593]

In real life, it would have been outrageous and tragic for parents to separate their daughters and deprive them of a chance to grow up together.😢

[@kristagerry8505]

Unfortunately It has happened in real life 🥺

[@manuelorozco7760]

Luckily I'm 28 and i still live with both parents

[@04279]

It is said that the Erich Kästner novel, which this movie is based on, is one of the first cases that the subject of divorce was ever put into children literature. But it was written well.

[@AnnaLizzyRose]

I love the original movie, it's definitely my favourite version out of the two.

[@stephendobbins9251]

I love the Hayley Mills version the best. Hayley Mills was one of my favorite actresses. I am so glad Walt Disney got her to act in a few of his movies.

[@natashaw401]

Never seen original but love how Lindsay played 2 people

[@pollacksharman0147]

Hello how are you doing?

[@larrie9491]

The same way this actress played two people. Split screen and a double.

[@lindakelly9552]

Haley Mills you were terrific in everything. I especially love “Pollyanna” and the glad games. But another fav movie of mine was “The Family Way” which you were in with your Dad and Hewel Bennet and Marjorie Rhodes. And Paul McCartney’s movie score is simply beautiful. There is something about that movie that really touches me.

[@11yolkel]

My favourite film of all time, I was privileged to meet Hayley last week, it was worth the wait after fifty five years of seeing The Family Way in 1966 - the ending of this film is the most emotional scene of all time, between Arthur and his dad.

[@mrsheatherteske]

@@11yolkel how lucky ❤️ happy for you 😊

[@lindakelly9552]

@@11yolkel I totally agree with you here “The Family Way” is a real family dynamic gem and not everybody picks up on the little secret in the film, Don’t want to put it out publicly but I am sure you got it.

[@lindakelly9552]

@Gillian G. yes I believe it was 1966. When a movie is good, it is always good, this one is a real gem. Of course I loved “Parent Trap” and “Pollyanna” “The Trouble With Angels” etc. No matter how old they are they are still good.

[@carryledwards]

The Parent Trap with Haley Mills was such a favorite movie of mine growing up. I was 5 or 6 when it came out so I probably watched it when it was on TV. So many wonderful movies that Haley Mills did that I loved, Moon Spinners another favorite. She is a spectacular actress.

[@pollacksharman0147]

Hello how are you doing?

[@srkh8966]

My favorite is In Search of the Castoways!

[@sgtdroxie]

I love her! She still has her youthful charm.

[@utterlynice1]

Your original will always be my favorite! Love Brian Keith love Maureen O’Hara and loved you Haley mills! God bless you

[@pollacksharman0147]

Hello how are you doing?

[@manuelorozco7760]

I’m surprised Hayley enjoyed the 90’s remake! I grew up with it more so then the original. But I love them just the same. Cannot believe it’s been 60 years since she played Sharon and Susan! But as she says in the TV sequel, feels like a hundred years ago.

[@srkh8966]

The remake is good-and “Vickie” had a cameo😁. I had hoped Hayley would also make an appearance.

[@mattalbrecht7471]

@@srkh8966 agreed! Perhaps you could have been worked in as a ticket agent for British airways? Maybe a cashier at one of the stores that Annie and her mother visited? Something

[@srkh8966]

@@mattalbrecht7471 Yes! She could have played an adult Sharon (or Susan) who helped the girls get their parents together

[@sovak75]

They were both great

[@manuelorozco7760]

@@srkh8966 She did that in two or three TV sequels in the 80's

[@edschulhof6303]

Happy Birthday, yesterday, Hayley Mills. She was my first crush. I have this movie on DVD. Happy Feline Friday!

[@kaitlynroxification]

She looks so good today!! I absolutely love her!

[@kimberleymonari3560]

***What Great Memories! I Loved ALL of Hayley Mills Movies, including "The Trouble with Angels.".

[@LPP8189]

I heard this story When Lucille Ball and Desi Armed Divorced Their Children: Lucie and Desi Jr. Watched the Parent Trap with their mother hoping she would remarry Desi By Lucy and Desi we're Married to other people And Lucy said "After the 7th time of watching the Parent Trap I said 'Kid's It's to late"

[@smeedafox7996]

This was my favorite movie when I was 7 years old. I'm 67 ❤️

[@bubbastill2040]

Had a HUGE crush on her back in the day! I'm glad she's still with us

[@vickieleggett386]

Have always been a huge fan of Hayley Mills…..loved every movie she was in. And her name…..had never heard of anyone named Hayley when I was growing up in the 60s & 70s. Loved it so much I named my daughter Hayley!!

[@annettesjoy]

That episode is one of a few I adored. Hayley, you were phenomenal in the movie. After seeing the movie, I tried to convince my mother that me and my sister were twins. I'm sure you miss Brian Keith.

[@pollacksharman0147]

Hello how are you doing?

[@rachelle_banks]

I remember when my mother took me to see the 1998 version in the theater. I was born in 1985 but I grew up watching Hayley Mills in The parent trap over and over again and literally had the entire movie memorized, as I do now. I have always had an issue with not wanting to betray my nostalgia so I didn't even want to go see the 1998 version because I told my mother that the original Parent Trap was my favorite. She told me that it may surprise me and since I love the first one so much I should give this a chance since it's the same story. I set there so upset because my heart was softening and I was falling in love with the 1998 version as well. We watch all the credits so we were in there when the last credits ran. After everything was completely done in the lights came up, I asked my mother what she thought of the film. She said that she enjoyed it and it was different enough to actually stand on its own, where you did not have to know about the first film to see it, but at the same time it was standing on the shoulders of the Hayley Mills version. She said she thought it was excellent. I felt betrayed! LOL.. I asked her how she could even like this one when we like the first one? But over time I learned it to give in. Now I have two versions of The Parent Trap memorized

[@ediliajimenez]

I love you Haley Mills

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

We *ALL* adore her. :D

[@harmonydesroches]

The original Parent Trap will forever be one of my all time favorite movies. I grew up with it & still adore it into my 40's

[@zakmartin]

My all time favourite movie is Whistle Down the Wind, starring Hayley and co-starring Alan Bates, directed by Bryan Forbes. Superb acting from Hayley, Bates and the rest of the cast, and a terrific musical score by Malcolm Arnold.

[@chipoleon1]

Yes!!!

[@slimsonite2111]

Wow...does Parent Trap mean as much to Hayley Mills as it does to us? Love it!!

[@joycepiantes8383]

She has always been one of my favorites.

[@hayleydoesthings]

I was named after her! I feel so honored to share a name with such a lovely, charming, beautiful, talented woman.

[@rexfordruiz3265]

She still so beautiful at her age. I enjoyed that movie so much when I was little

[@Paris-mi4fy]

Omg how did I just realize now that she’s Miss Bliss on Saved by the Bell season 1 😅🤯

[@carmenalice3800]

I'm 70 now. I loved Haley Mills

[@hayleycarter5176]

She is such an icon, and my mom and dad loved her in the parent trap and Pollyana, I wa named after Hayley mills, love her movies and watch them all the time now

[@diannequick8304]

I would love to meet Hayley in person but she is so busy I will always remember her in photos aways❤❤️🌈🌸😍

[@partyguy9]

I was born in 1994 so most everyone my age grew up around me knowing the Lindsay Lohan version. But my parents had showed me the 1961 version first and i loved it. Rewatching it several times growing up not even knowing about the 98 version until i was about 12 years old. And i still find the original more fun to watch!

[@jescis0]

I grew up knowing and watching the 1961 version, I didn't buy the Lindsey Lohan version until later 2000's on DVD, I have the 1961 version on DVD double feature with "The Parent Trap II"… I'm more of an OG type than remake type…

[@elliewillow4556]

I love this movie and grew up watching it at least once a week. When I was 18 I got in touch with my birth little brother in Russia where I was born and learned that I have a twin. I was shocked. Her and I felt like something was missing and we were both confused about how our birth family gave me up and kept her, then in 08 my birth mother died, my birth father was a drunk, he put her up for adoption when she was 14. I wish I had known of her my whole life but I’m grateful to have her now.

[@vacationfan15]

I loved her as a child. The Parent Trap and Pollyanna were my favorite movies.

[@mds2465]

Hard to believe that all the rest of the cast from the parent trap are gone now but certainly not forgotten!

[@lianne6688]

I absolutely adore Hailey mills & all her films, such a beautiful lady 💜💜

[@bettydamnboop3030]

One of my favorite childhood movies 🍿.

[@slimsonite2111]

Hearing Hayley Mills' voice is so soothing and nostalgic. I could probably recite Parent Trap 1 & 2 I watched them so many times 💖💖

[@jeepfvr]

I love the original. I've never seen the remake and never desire to. Hayley Mills is superb.

[@coolsaint6044]

The remake is more updated to fit the 1998 time period. For it’s time, the remake is really good. I grew up with the remake and saw the original later in life. Both are fantastic!

[@annettesjoy]

Hayley is superb for sure!

[@manuelorozco7760]

@@coolsaint6044 I feel the same way and didn’t watch the original until I was a senior in HS.

[@raea3588]

I never watch the 1998 film as a "remake". Although both movies follow the same story line, to me they stand alone. The original is untouchable and in it's own right, "The Parent Trap" made in 1998, is fun and special too but I love them for very different reasons.

[@srkh8966]

It’s a good remake-poor Natasha, though.

[@shannonnonnahs6943]

Hayley is so beautiful. Inside and out!

[@sweetlistenings3324]

Awesome interview. I grew up with this movie 2/3 decades after it was filmed and am still in love with it. I was young when the Lindsay Lohan version came out and I still love that one to this day too.

[@madamepaulettes5337]

I will always be a Hayley fan. She looks beautiful and this was an excellent interview on one of my favorite films. I think Moonspinners is my favorite!

[@celestemccauley7658]

I'm a twin and this was one our favorite movies

[@susanjordan7766]

One of my favorite movies growing up and Annie couldn't get enough of these films. Don't forget parent trap 2. However, I loved Lindsay Lohan version. RIP Natasha Richardson love you all!

[@KevinShaughnessy-lf3vs]

Hayley Mills, was and still is a wholesome beauty

[@kellharris2491]

Hayley's short hair is so freaking cute.

[@PochiLoca54]

Adorable!!!

[@leeshc5952]

One of my all-time favorite movies along with Pollyanna! Love Hayley Mills!

[@vamp19762000]

The Queen of live action Disney. Nothing will ever compare to the original Parent Trap.

[@SJ-wf3lp]

Love this movie! I actually just watched it again a few weeks ago.

[@pollacksharman0147]

Hello how are you doing?

[@Northfield7]

I know almost every line. My step sister and I used to recreate the scenes. I’m 52 now!

[@theradgegadgie6352]

Including the Let's Get Together one? ;)

[@jeanb5143]

I loved this movie. I am 75 yrs. Old and it is still my favorite movie. Just loved haley mills. She was so cute and I loved her accent.

[@mwapechibuye8407]

Loved this movie 🎥❤

[@Switch-pu3un]

I watched some of the Disney 60s films during her teenage years on Disney+ lately. She has been amazing all her life

[@shirleynitka5030]

I loved this movie to bits. I watched it over & over. At 59 I found out I was adopted & have an identical twin sister. We never met but I saw her many times. We took the same train in to town. We dressed alike, did much alike. She'd be off the train when I was on & vice versa. She looked at me with such contempt. How dare I have her face. A friend of hers told me she's miserable but that's because she's adopted. I didn't know I was. Wish movies were still this innocent. I hate current programs.