Filmmakers fire Lindsay Lohan

The makers of a new film have fired their star actress, Lindsay Lohan. Lindsay was going to play a student working on a deserted island in the comedy film The Other Side. However, last week the film’s writer and director, David Michaels, told the US news web site TMZ, “Our team chose to move on from Lindsay and we’ll soon be announcing a replacement.”

Lindsay has had a lot of problems since she starred in her last big film, I Know Who Killed Me, in 2007. The 23-year-old has been in big trouble for taking drugs and driving while drunk and says all the bad publicity has made it hard for her to find work. "There's not much I can do about the fact that I've become tabloid obsession. I can't change that. And yes, the gossip pages and tabloids have hurt my career," she says.

You can see Lindsay in the new film by Robert Rodriguez called Machete, in cinemas later this year.