After nearly a year and a half of unpredictable tantrums and headline-making antics, director Paul Schrader is finally finding himself “free” of Lindsay Lohan’s wily ways.
“Today I am free,” he told reporters at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, Aug. 30, in statements translated from Italian. “In the past 16 months, I have been hostage to Lindsay Lohan. She is a great actress, she should be here, but her behavior is unspeakable.”
The “Taxi Driver” writer, who has worked with such Hollywood legends as Robert De Niro and Richard Gere, directed the troubled 27-year-old actress in “The Canyons,” which showed at the film festival without its leading lady in attendance.
“Yes, nobody thought it was a good idea for her to go,” a source tells Us Weekly of Lohan’s noticeable absence. “That sort of atmosphere, the festival, the parties, and the culture of it is drinking and celebration and not in line with keeping her on the right track.”
Lohan recently completed a 90-day court-mandated rehab stay, during which she reportedly turned over a new leaf. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, the former Disney star revealed that she’s been making efforts to be “really honest” with herself about her issues and her past.
“Having all the chaos around me that I was so comfortable with I somehow inside of me know I wanted to go in jail,” she told the talk show host. “I think that was subconsciously going on in my head through my actions, just to have some peace. I came into it just really craving more spirituality, really open and ready to get really honest.”
