Lohan returns to 'Georgia Rule' set
Lohan back on 'Rule' set
July 29, 2006
After a highly publicized absence this week from the set of Morgan Creek Prods.' "Georgia Rule," Lindsay Lohan has returned to work.
In the wake of the "Mean Girls" actress' failure to show up to the L.A. set Wednesday, Morgan Creek CEO James G. Robinson shot off a sternly worded letter to Lohan and her reps that night. Robinson said in an interview Friday that Lohan also had been late for her call times on several occasions, prompting the letter, which was first made public Friday by the Smoking Gun Web site.
"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."
Robinson said Lohan returned to work Thursday without incident. In his letter, the Morgan Creek topper blamed the actress for hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. "If you do not honor 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 actually a day ahead of schedule, and the actress made up for her Wednesday absence by working Thursday, a day she was originally scheduled to be off.
Ironically, Lohan plays a rebellious young woman in the film.
"I've never had a minute's trouble with her. She's every inch a lady," Robinson said. "I felt I needed to remind her of her obligations to show up."
Robinson has never been afraid to confront a movie star acting in a way he deemed distruptive to a movie. Robinson 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."
Anne Thompson contributed to this report.
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In the wake of the "Mean Girls" actress' failure to show up to the L.A. set Wednesday, Morgan Creek CEO James G. Robinson shot off a sternly worded letter to Lohan and her reps that night. Robinson said in an interview Friday that Lohan also had been late for her call times on several occasions, prompting the letter, which was first made public Friday by the Smoking Gun Web site.
"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."
Robinson said Lohan returned to work Thursday without incident. In his letter, the Morgan Creek topper blamed the actress for hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. "If you do not honor 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 actually a day ahead of schedule, and the actress made up for her Wednesday absence by working Thursday, a day she was originally scheduled to be off.
Ironically, Lohan plays a rebellious young woman in the film.
"I've never had a minute's trouble with her. She's every inch a lady," Robinson said. "I felt I needed to remind her of her obligations to show up."
Robinson has never been afraid to confront a movie star acting in a way he deemed distruptive to a movie. Robinson 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."
Anne Thompson contributed to this report.
Read the complete letter
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