Robert Rodriguez's: Lohan Will 'Surprise'

Robert Rodriguez believes that Lindsay Lohan's performance in Machete will 'surprise' people.

The actress joins the all star cast of Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez and is an expansion of the trailer before Grindhouse in 2007.

Speaking to MTV News he said: "Her character has a really good arch, so that surprises people.

"You'll see it, and you'll go, 'OK, I can see why they chose Lindsay to play this part', and then by the end, you're like, 'Wow, she's turned into somebody else completely'.

"Everyone sort of becomes this iconic character that could go on to be in their own movie. That's kind of what I wanted."

Rodriguez returns to the director's chair for the first time since Shorts in 2009 but has enjoyed box office success this year as he produced Predators.