Elaine Hendrix is proud of her legacy as Meredith Blake, the aspiring stepmom in the 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap."

Once considered a villain, Meredith has undergone somewhat of a redemption tour. Is she really the bad guy, or is she an enterprising 20-something-year-old who wants to marry a man with a vineyard and one of cinema's nicest houses?

During a TODAY appearance Aug. 19 , Hendrix said, "From Day 1, I said that Meredith was not the villain."

The villain, she said, is either the "11-year-old twins who pushed me out on a raft after I had taken a sleeping pill" or "the parents who separated them to begin with."

Lisa Ann Walter, Lindsay Lohan, and Elaine Hendrix on July 22, 2025, in Los Angeles. Michael Buckner / Getty Images

Hendrix continues to celebrate the legacy of the

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