She called her casting in “Gotti: Three Generations” a huge honor and said that the film is an opportunity to prove herself as an actress again. “I’m really excited to be back on set and clear up all the misinterpretations about me and show this is what I love to do,” Lohan said. John Travolta has been cast to play John Gotti Sr., the mob family’s patriarch who had a flair for style and a knack for avoiding convictions that earned him the name “Teflon Don.” Joe Pesci will play one of his deputies. The younger Gotti has insisted he left the mob life in the 1990s, but has been unsuccessfully tried four times on racketeering charges. He sold the rights to his life story to Fiore Films, which is developing the film focusing on Junior Gotti’s relationship with his father. It will be shot in New York and is set for a 2012 release. Lohan made a surprise appearance at a press conference last week and was expected to be in the running to play the elder Gotti’s daughter, Victoria. By Wednesday discussions for Lohan playing that role had ended, but the actress successfully lobbied to remain on the project. “I think it’s such an iconic story,” Lohan said. “I think it’s a great story to be told. I’m honored to be working with John Travolta and Joe Pesci.”