Lindsay Lohan's Lifetime movie, "Liz & Dick," investigated by unions

Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime movie "Liz & Dick."

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(CBS/AP) Two Hollywood unions are scrutinizing worker safety and welfare on Lindsay Lohan's TV movie "Liz & Dick" after the actress tweeted that she was exhausted because of long production days.

Larry A. Thompson, the producer of the Lifetime movie, said Wednesday that no violations were found in one union's review.

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists confirmed its representatives visited the production. SAG-AFTRA said it "will continue to visit" to enforce guild rules.

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"We have spoken with representatives from the company, and they are fully aware of their contractual obligations. We will ensure that all applicable penalties will be paid," the guild said in a statement.

IATSE, the stage employees union, said it's keeping a watchful eye on the production's working conditions.

"We have had union representatives on the set since last Friday and will continue to monitor the hours and working conditions there," said Mike Miller, IATSE's division director for movie and TV production.

In a statement, Thompson said a SAG-AFTRA representative "was totally fine with everything" she found during shooting Tuesday at a Los Angeles estate. He was told there had been no complaints from guild members and that the visit was prompted by "tweets and comments in the media," he said.

Last week, paramedics were called to Lohan's hotel room after a long day of work on the set of the film. The actress' rep said the 25-year-old was "exhausted" and "dehydrated" after working through the night.

Lohan tweeted that she was exhausted after working "85 hours in 4 days." There were also reports that two crew members also sought treatment for exhaustion, but according to a rep for Thompson, the reports were incorrect.

"Liz & Dick," about Taylor's romance with Richard Burton, is expected to wrap principal photography at the end of June after about four weeks of shooting at Southern California locations standing in for Europe.

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[realityzone]

Delusions of grandeur, she really needs to get over herself.

[knucklecheese]

This is all a red herring thrown in the tank to distract the public from the fact that Lindsay Lohan hasn't changed a bit and is still drinking, drugging, and partying her @ss off as if nothing happened. Hey, if she's happy, good for her. It's got nothing to do with me. But this whole cover up constitutes lying to me and the rest of the public. THAT bothers me.

[parisdakar]

Can't believe they gave the role to that piece of Hollywood trash.

[hypnotoad72]

She's probably on an overdose, or something else making her tired.

While unions are less powerful and it's possible for the execs to do end runs around them, it's still quite possible she's just her usual old self.

And as I recall, some shows do require many 12+ hour days.

[fredrickh]

If you are a lush and or a substance abuser you are always tired. She does kind of look like Liz - just a bit. If were a betting man I would certainly take the under on her life span compared to Taylor's.

[hypnotoad72]

True

[LovMeeXO]

They are over working her on this movie! They are making her work way too many hours in a day and unto the late morning! Because they are trying to get the movie done in 22 days which clearly isn't going to happen! They are over working her! Its true! I am working on this movie myself and I spent 14 hours with Lindsay this past Friday! I didnt get home and into bed until 7am! =(

[Bojax39]

"Two Hollywood unions are scrutinizing worker safety and welfare on Lindsay Lohan's TV movie "Liz & Dick" after the actress tweeted that she was exhausted because of long production days."

Poor little multimillionaire. My heart bleeds.....

Don't see anybody "scrutinizing worker safety and welfare" for the millions of Americans working long, low paid hours to feed their families. The single mother holding down two jobs, one for the family and one to pay for child care. The guy eaten with cancer working through the pain to bring home one more paycheck.

I bet many of these people have worked "85 hours in 4 days." at least once. Many of them perhaps have done this sort of thing more often than Lohan will in her entire let's-play-make-believe career.

She gets pushed a bit in a short term job that's going to make more money for her than many American workers will make in their entire life and the unions and the media rush in? Pathetic.

[hypnotoad72]

The context is awesome, and the mother working two jobs has likely never had the history Little Lindsay has racked up for herself, which is doubly sad as that mother has a child or more to try to raise. I shouldn't be so snide, but she's gotten away with far more than most people ever would.

And the actors' union is an interesting sort of beast to be sure... that union and the sports union are indeed more thuggy than any other union, especially as government unions (for example) don't get anything even remotely close the amount of money actors get thanks to their unions...

[retiredgustav]

"Don't see anybody "scrutinizing worker safety and welfare" for the millions of Americans working long, low paid hours to feed their families."
That is because OSHA has been gutted along with the Department of Labor. Keep putting the conservatives in it will only get worst.

[betterusa]

Lohan tweeted that she was exhausted after working "85 hours in 4 days."
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Get real; so she only had eleven hours (in 4 days) to sleep, eat, bathroom breaks, relax, etc. She is forever seeking publicity.

This woman is trouble and the producers that hired her are getting what they deserve. If they were smart, they would fire her azz and accept the loss. I trust all producers that consider hiring her for future productions will take his in to account.

[hypnotoad72]

I doubt it.

Companies look at brand names more than they do anything else. Big names instantly get a free pass...