Lindsay Lohan Back at Work, Mama Lohan Angry

First, a quick recap - Lindsay Lohan was sent to a hospital for heat exhaustion, rehydrated, and released last week after she allegedly collapsed on the set of Georgia Rule. Shortly thereafter, The Smoking Gun released a copy of a letter from James G. Robinson, the Morgan Creek producer of Georgia Rule, in which Robinson chastised Lindsay Lohan, insinuating that it was her party lifestyle that sent her to the hospital and not heat exhaustion. Robinson pulled no punches writing "You have acted like a spoiled child and in so doing have alienated many of your co-workers and endangered the quality of this picture." Robinson went as far as to put the word "exhaustion" in quotes every time he used it, along with "not feeling well", implying that Lindsay Lohan wasn't being completely forthcoming. The letter basically laid down the law, saying "We refuse to accept bogus excuses for your behavior." and that "We will not tolerate these actions any further." You can read the whole thing here.

On Friday, James Robinson answered questions as to why he wrote the letter, as reprinted by Back Stage, "I'm just trying to get the movie mad. 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.

Well, Lindsay Lohan's mother has rushed to her daughter's defense, telling Access Hollywood, about the letter, "I feel when you are 19 (years old) it is way out of line. Maybe he has personal issues with whomever and it came out with my child. I don't know him. I can't judge him. I don't think it was a smart thing to do to a young girl." Dina Lohan, mother of Lindsay Lohan, stands by her daughter's claims of heat exhausting, saying "Lindsay was in 105 [degree weather] saying 'Mommy, I feel sick'. She has asthma and in extreme cold or heat you can't breathe." Lindsay Lohan's mother Dina says largely the same thing in this week's People as well, "On the set it was 105 degrees. And she has bronchial asthma - so any extreme heat or cols, she can't breathe."

On Thursday, Lindsay Lohan returned to the set of Georgia Rule, in which she ironically plays a troubled teenager, without any incident. It's worth noting that Lindsay Lohan was originally scheduled to be off Thursday, so she has already made up the day she missed. Even Robinson seemed to be backing off his harsh stance now that his star has come back to the set, saying in Back Stage on Friday, after Lindsay Lohan returned, "She's every inch a lady. I felt I needed to remind her of her obligations to show up. 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."

Lindsay Lohan, who's only 20 years old, shot to fame as a child actress in the Disney remakes The Parent Trap and Freaky Friday. But Lindsay Lohan's real break through role was as Cady in the 2004 hit Mean Girls. Since then she's been tabloid fodder and starred in Herbie: Fully Loaded, A Prairie Home Companion, and Just My Luck. Lindsay Lohan will next be seen in Emilio Estevez' Bobby and Chapter 27, in which Jared Leto will play Mark David Chapman. After Georgia Rule, which legendary comedy director Garry Marshall is helming, Lindsay Lohan will move to A Woman of No Importance with Sean Bean and Annette Bening.

[Additional Sources: Back Stage, Smoking Gun, Houston Chronicle, RTE]