Lohan gets public telling-off from producer

Lindsay Lohan

LOS ANGELES - After taking a highly publicised day off last week, Lindsay Lohan has returned to work on the family drama "Georgia Rule."

In the wake of the "Mean Girls" actress' failure to show up to the Los Angeles set Wednesday, the film's producer, James G. Robinson, shot off a sternly worded letter to Lohan and her representatives that night. Lohan showed up the next day.

Robinson, the CEO of Morgan Creek Productions, said in an interview that Lohan also had been late for her call times on several occasions, prompting the letter, which was made public by the Smoking Gun website.

"I'm just trying to get the movie made," Robinson said. "I did what I felt I needed to do on behalf of the movie and on behalf of her, too. I wanted to set some limits.

"I've never had a minute's trouble with her. She's every inch a lady," he added. "I felt I needed to remind her of her obligations to show up."

In his letter, Robinson blamed the actress for hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. "If you do not honour your production commitments, including your scheduled call time for tomorrow, and any call times thereafter, we will hold you personally accountable," he wrote.

Lohan's publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, did not return a call seeking comment. But a source in Lohan's camp who asked not to be identified said the production is a day ahead of schedule, and the actress made up for her Wednesday absence by working Thursday, a day she originally was scheduled to be off.

Coincidentally, Lohan plays a rebellious young woman in the film, which also stars Felicity Huffman, Jane Fonda and Cary Elwes. Garry Marshall directs.

Robinson has never been afraid to confront a movie star acting in a way he deemed disruptive to a movie. He tussled publicly with Sharon Stone over her refusal to appear nude in the 1996 film "Diabolique."

He added: "It was not a nasty letter. It was, 'Come on be a professional.' We're halfway through with six weeks to go. There's no turning back. I wrote the letter; it was from me, not some damn attorney. She showed up. That's all I cared about."

Read the full letter

- REUTERS/Hollywood Reporter