Downton Abbey star Shirley MacLaine: Lindsay Lohan is "damaged"

This series of DowntonAbbeyis set to get much more exciting, as Hollywood legend Shirley MacLaine will be stopping by to stir things up, playing Lady Cora's mum, Martha Levinson.

And she's already getting into the swing of things, by saying that Lindsay Lohan is "damaged" and a "master manipulator". Shirley was meant to work with the infamous actress, but the film they were going to do together never quite happened.

Speaking about the meetings they had, Shirley said: "You know, her conversation was 90% about her upbringing. Her parents. Now, she's also a master manipulator, and it's not hard to figure out I'm interested in all that stuff, so she was maybe using it."

(We think Shirley is talking about how she's really into otherworldliness, like crystals, aliens and reincarnation)

Shirley, who has starred in film such as Terms of Endearment, Steel Magnolias and Valentine's Day, added: "I can't advise any of the young ones, because I don't know what their background was, but I would suggest that anyone who wants to be famous more than anything - there's a real problem."

When The Guardian asked her if Lindsay could be very talented as well as looking for fame, Shirley replied: Well, that's her. Buttoo much damage as a child."

We think Shirley might have it right. Do you? Shirley also told an anecdote about how she went out for dinner with newly-engaged Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux and that she was horrified that before they'd even finished the meal, the paparazzi were there. "I felt so bad. I think the restaurant called them."