Jane Fonda's Run-In With Lindsay Lohan

Fonda Says They Had Words While Filming "Georgia Rule"

(CBS)  Jane Fonda was out of movies for 15 years before she reappeared in the 2005 hit comedy "Monster-in-Law."

Now, the two-time Oscar-winner is back in theaters in "Georgia Rule."

Fonda plays a tough matriarch. Felicity Huffman portrays her daughter and Lindsay Lohan plays her granddaughter, who's been sent to spend the summer with Fonda's character.

"Small Mormon town in Idaho," Fonda told to co-anchor Hannah Storm on The Early Show Friday, "and I got my rules, and everything is kind of under control, then Lindsay gets dropped on my doorstep by my dysfunctional daughter, and I'm supposed to, like, take care of it all. Can you imagine, small Mormon town, Lindsay hits town? Things are not quite the same after that!"

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To see photos from the premiere of "Georgia Rule," click here.

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The movie has some funny moments, but also deals with serious issues, such as alcoholism, as Fonda seeks to straighten Lohan out.

In real life, Fonda said, she has some similarities with the woman she plays in "Georgia Rule."

"I also believe in rules, like being on time." And that, Fonda says, led to something of a confrontation with Lohan at one point.

During production, the head of the film's production company sent Lohan a letter, calling her behind-the-scenes behavior unprofessional.

Fonda told Storm: "I didn't read the memo until afterwards. Hey, when she showed up on the set, she was always great. She breaks my heart in the movie. She is so brilliant in this movie. The girl is really talented. And she just - I loved working with her. I love her. Loved Felicity. It was a joy to work with them. And Garry Marshall, the director is - you know, he's a real mensch - it was great. Whatever happened outside of the film, I have no idea. I go to bed early, get up early. I don't know."

But Fonda confirmed that she had to pay a visit to Lohan's trailer.

"She was late one day," Fonda recalled, "and I got mad, and went in and said, 'Get your (blank) out here!' I raised my voice, and she said to her makeup person, 'Barbarella, she just yelled at me!' "

Lohan was referring to the 1968 movie in which Fonda had the leading role.

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To see photos from Fonda's career," click here.

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Fonda says "Georgia Rule" reminds her of the 1981 classic "On Golden Pond," in which her real-life father, Henry Fonda, played her on-screen one.

That, she says, is "because 'On Golden Pond' dealt with very universal, kind of tough family issues, but it was also very funny. 'Georgia Rule' - very funny, but it deals with some pretty universal issues. But 'Golden Pond' - you wanted to call your father. 'Georgia Rule,' you want to reconnect with your mother. It's about mothers and daughters."

Asked if she intends to make more movies, Fonda said: "I don't know. I'm going to be - Hollywood doesn't exactly bang on the doors of older women. But I hope I've got - I know that I've got more stuff inside me that I'd like to bring to the screen. I'm also writing three books.

"You know, I've got - what's really important for an actor - and I said this to Lindsay - you gotta have more than celebrity. You gotta have stuff in your life that has nothing to do with the celebrity part. Otherwise, it can get pretty empty. You're never No. 1 forever. It just doesn't last. And I just feel lucky that I've always had more in my life.

"So, I would like to make more movies.

"One of the things I wanna do is make a movie that shows that you can be erotic and sexual later in life. Because it's - the culture is like, after 40 or 50 it's over, right? WRONG!"

Fonda said she wants to change Hollywood's obsession with youth: "It's my new cause."

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Jane Fonda On 71 As The New 71

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[ssporleder]

Good for Fonda - more people need to scold the child and take things from her - acting jobs - so that she will wake up and grow up!

[juliemd]

Jane Fonda is so cool and brillant...she makes aging seem smooth...

[ssporleder]

Good for Fonda - more people need to scold the child and take things from her - acting jobs - so that she will wake up and grow up!

[mbcsmith]

DEPORT HANOI JANE! ONCE A TRAITOR, ALWAYS A TRAITOR!

[archiej2]

Hey mbcsmtih - give it a break you righteous rightwinger. It's people like Bush that have got us in the mess we're in. Go take a chill pill!!!

[archiej2]

Hey NBCSMITH - Lighten up. You're the one that should be deported you self righteous counterfeit rightwing christian!!

[wyo-kid]

The mistakes that Jane made during the Viet Nam war are nothing compared to Bush's mistakes.Fonda has apologized for her short coming while Bush and his cohorts keep giving unbelievable excuses.

[stancosigns]

I think many older women are *** more than younger women the experience is what they offer and confidence.. my wife is 50 and still ***..

[mbcsmith]

Hey NBCSMITH - Lighten up. You're the one that should be deported you self righteous counterfeit rightwing christian!!
Posted by archiej2 at 02:04 PM : May 11, 2007

Just like a LIB to protect America's enemies. DEPORT HANOI JANE! ONCE A TRAITOR, ALWAYS A TRAITOR!

[mbcsmith]

Hey NBCSMITH - Lighten up. You're the one that should be deported you self righteous counterfeit rightwing christian!!
Posted by archiej2 at 02:04 PM : May 11, 2007

Just like a LIB to protect America's enemies. DEPORT HANOI JANE! ONCE A TRAITOR, ALWAYS A TRAITOR!

[mbcsmith]

Hey NBCSMITH - Lighten up. You're the one that should be deported you self righteous counterfeit rightwing christian!!
Posted by archiej2 at 02:04 PM : May 11, 2007

Just like a LIB to protect America's enemies. DEPORT HANOI JANE! ONCE A TRAITOR, ALWAYS A TRAITOR!

[mbcsmith]

Hey NBCSMITH - Lighten up. You're the one that should be deported you self righteous counterfeit rightwing christian!!
Posted by archiej2 at 02:04 PM : May 11, 2007

Just like a LIB to protect America's enemies. DEPORT HANOI JANE! ONCE A TRAITOR, ALWAYS A TRAITOR!

[mbcsmith]

Hey NBCSMITH - Lighten up. You're the one that should be deported you self righteous counterfeit rightwing christian!!
Posted by archiej2 at 02:04 PM : May 11, 2007

Just like a LIB to protect America's enemies. DEPORT HANOI JANE! ONCE A TRAITOR, ALWAYS A TRAITOR!

[mbcsmith]

Hey NBCSMITH - Lighten up. You're the one that should be deported you self righteous counterfeit rightwing christian!!
Posted by archiej2 at 02:04 PM : May 11, 2007

Just like a LIB to protect America's enemies. DEPORT HANOI JANE! ONCE A TRAITOR, ALWAYS A TRAITOR!

[mbcsmith]

Hey NBCSMITH - Lighten up. You're the one that should be deported you self righteous counterfeit rightwing christian!!
Posted by archiej2 at 02:04 PM : May 11, 2007

Just like a LIB to protect America's enemies. DEPORT HANOI JANE! ONCE A TRAITOR, ALWAYS A TRAITOR!

[hypnotoad72]

It's amusing; all this talk of the past. Fonda helped the Viet Cong, financed by China.

30 years later, neither China nor Vietnam is an enemy - we're trying to open up free trade agreements with them.

So why is Fonda still being bashed?

[debluezzman]

you mean this *** is still alive

[spursfan46]

Well this morning was great. A cup of coffee, life is great....and I turn on the morning show. Oh my gosh, there she was Hanoi Jane. Looking like 40 miles of bad road...probably the viet man highway that she traveled and stomped on our American troops.
Hannah sitting there gushing over this traitor....she's too young to remember anything about viet nam or Hanoi Jane. Once a traitor always a traitor....don't give me that I've been saved story, if you were saved you would have said "I'm sorry Viet Nam Vets for what I did to you". Yep kids, they were treated like trash when they came back, and look at her sitting there like miss high and mighty....she makes me sick and CBS morning show makes me sicker. I guess she's suppose to be a role model to Lohan who's another nut!
Won't be watching the early show anymore!

[jdubs63]

I don't understand why some people need to repeat and repeat here. The past is the past let go and concentrate on the now. and as for the comment by someone stating the 101st airborn has something for her.... shame on you that is a threat and you are no better than anyone else and you have no clue of VN

[thgdriver]

She has a lot of nerve telling anybody they are out of line, as far as I am concerned she wrote the book on out of line. I personally swore a long time ago I would never watch any movie or show she was on. To comment on her here is more then she deserves. Lindsay should have told her to kiss her as$.

[shred618]

Jane,

I would love to show the world that we can be erotic and sexual in later life.

I am a young 49 year old who is in great shape. I do yoga, hackysac, and play frisbee on a regular basis.

We can fall in love let the world see that sparks fly no matter how old you are ....

kisses adn hugs ...

Mike

[shred618]

Jane,

I would love to show the world that we can be erotic and sexual in later life.

I am a young 49 year old who is in great shape. I do yoga, hackysac, and play frisbee on a regular basis.

We can fall in love let the world see that sparks fly no matter how old you are ....

kisses adn hugs ...

Mike

[bbrundj]

Hey, enough about Christians. Anyway, Ms Fonda is a beautiful gem. I hope she continues to get good parts. Jane is a fabulous pro!

[comfortmd1]

she turned over letters and correspondence that was meant for the red cross over to communist torturers in Vietnam. she has never been tried for acts of treason committed in wartime. she should be tried, judged, and executed for her crimes, not worshiped by ***** 60 something year old fans. h eck, I'll probably lose my account for saying that, but it HAS to be said. servicemen lost their lives and futures because of her.

[rohink-2009]

CBS is a joke.

[stingrayfive]

Why is she still being bashed, you ask. You just don't get it do you? Either you were not around during the war or if you're just plain stupid, I don't know. Maybe you're a communist traitor like hanoi jane. She needs to be tried and executed( death by hanging ) if you ask me. There is no statute of limitations for her crimes. She is a murderer who is on the loose and someone really needs to put a slug in her.

[chaser53910]

Give her a one way ticket to Vietnam and forget about her. I will forgive Hanoi Jane when the Jews forgive Hitler!!!

[noaanhc]

This is just so nuts people,the Vietnam war ended over 30 yrs ago yet some of you clowns cannot let go of ther past.What happened in that conflict cannot be unchanged.Yet you contunue to dredge up old wounds.Many world world 2 vets forgave their German & Japanese enemies yet you cannot follow their example and forgive.The time has long past,let Vietnam go,bury it,or else it will destroy you in the end.

[asor1-2009]

Jane Fonda should deeply regret the horrible grief she cause a lot of vets. An apology would be in order, but not necessarily accepted. It's been WAY too long coming.
Go away Jane! Go do those things you say you have as 'stuff' in your closet.

[asor1-2009]

Fonda said she wants to change Hollywood's obsession with youth: "It's my new cause."
Who gives a rat's a55 what her new cause is?

[vincan-2009]

Fonda is a lovely woman. She is making a great return to acting. She has apologized for what she did during the Viet Nam War. The one who you should hate is the one who put you in that terrible war. Just like we now dislike Bush for the war he lied the country into. I know for a fact that she regrets what she did back then. She is a christian and deserves to be treated like the wonderful person and actress she is.

[vincan-2009]

Fonda is a lovely woman. She is making a great return to acting. She has apologized for what she did during the Viet Nam War. The one who you should hate is the one who put you in that terrible war. Just like we now dislike Bush for the war he lied the country into. I know for a fact that she regrets what she did back then. She is a christian and deserves to be treated like the wonderful person and actress she is.

[ltaylor974]

This is CBS's top five stories listed for today. Pathetic. Who is making the decision there at CBS. Take away the freedom of speech, Fire people that you don't like what they say and pretty soon, this is the only news you have. Playing it safe, takes on New meaning. You are becoming Entertainment tonight not CBS.
What has happened to you. Who is in charge of this place?!?!? PATHETIC

[timberagain]

Educate yourselves on what Jane Fonda did and did NOT do during Vietnam.
Time for the lies to stop.
Yes, she made one mistake in judgment, but so much has been fabricated.

http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp

Bush and his cabal have done MUCH WORSE to this country.

[ltaylor974]

CBS is also censoring their comments I see. They just took mine down for criticizing there own problems with freedom of speech.
Perhaps Jane Fonda needs to talk to the people that are running this joke of a news agency.

[timberagain]

I still see your comment, ltaylor974. They did not remove it.

[jscribe58]

I've read a few letters here urging people to get over what Jane did in Vietnam. That would have been a lot easier if she had ever apologized for being a traitor to her country, or even suggested that she made a mistake. What you star-struck people need to grow up about is that being a talented artist is not a free pass to commit treason. Whatever facts might have been held back, her actions were deplorable.

For those who feel we need a modern Hanoi Jane, relax and know we have one - Bagdad Pelosi - another case where treason is excusable because of celebrity. If YOU had done what either of them did, no one would even know where the key to the cell you were rotting away in was.

In a country where treason is excusable, but an actor is in trouble for giving someone a chaste kiss, and a personality is fired because AL Sharpton said so, we know we're in trouble and need to be united like the first word of our country's name.