Lindsay Lohan cast as Linda Susan Boreman -- a.k.a. 'Deep Throat' porn star Linda Lovelace

Lindsay Lohan has apparently signed on to star in the independent film "Inferno" as Linda Lovelace, a 1970s porn star most famous for her role in "Deep Throat."

Linda Lovelace, whose real name is Linda Susan Boreman, starred in not only "Deep Throat," but "Deep Throat II," "Dog 1" and "P*** Orgy," then famously became an anti-pornography activist once she retired from the adult entertainment biz.

Tyler Shields, a photographer friend of Lindsay Lohan, tells E! Online that Lohan is indeed portraying Lovelace in the film and that he has been asked by director Matthew Wilder to shoot the promos for the movie. Gossip Cop is reporting that the official announcement for "Inferno" is slated for the Cannes Film Festival in France.

The movie will detail the difficult things Lovelace went through and overcame, with producer Wali Razaqi telling the Los Angeles Times, "We've all thought that Lindsay would be a great choice for a while now, and we're all convinced that she is going to do it. For at least a year, the director and I have gone back and forth imagining how awesome of a performance she could give if she was in the movie."