Director discusses Lohan's 'Love' exit

The Edge Of Love director John Maybury has revealed how he hired Sienna Miller as a last-minute replacement for Lindsay Lohan.

Lohan withdrew from the role of Caitlin MacNamara in the Dylan Thomas biopic last year and Maybury turned to Miller to take on the role.

He said: "I actually called Sienna to get Lindsay Lohan's phone number. I'd been speaking to her by email and hadn't had any response so I needed to speak to her direct."

Maybury added that he then told Miller to "stay out of the sun" to keep a porcelain-skinned look for the part.

Miller confessed that she did not have much time to prepare for the role.

"A little under two weeks," she said. "[John and I have] been great friends for years and I knew about the project. I'd heard that there were maybe a few problems. I had an inkling, I was hoping [to get the part]."