‘I was so embarrassed’: But why does Demi Moore regret getting more than 12 million for this role?

Demi Moore is still on a promotional tour for her next film, The Substance, which also touches on the artistic resurrection. He also has the opportunity to reminisce about his career through the interviews he gives.

He recently spoke to Deadline about the unique trajectory of the classic film Ghost, the film that brought him to the mainstream. A film he wasn’t at all sure would work with a mix of genres.

in New York TimesHe returns to another film that caused controversy when it was released in 1996: Striptease. Ever-growing in popularity in the first half of the 90s, he has since had a string of hits: Men of Dignity, Indecent Proposal and Harassment.

“I was so ashamed”

Then came Andrew Bergman’s film, in which she plays a single mother who fights to regain custody of her daughter, turned stripper. Considered an ideal showcase for her star status, she agreed to bare her breasts in the film. At that time, for an absolutely colossal fee – a record in fact – 12.5 million dollars.

“Striptease, as if I betrayed women and so on.” on equal termsas if I betrayed men” He comments. “But the interesting thing is, when I became the highest-paid actor, why was there a choice at that point to knock me down?

I don’t take it personally. I think whoever would be the first to achieve that equal pay would probably suffer. But because I made a film that was about the world of nudity and the body, I was very ashamed. “

At that time, the actress was married to Bruce Willis, one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood. For context, he was paid no less than $15 million to reprise his role as John McClane in A Day in Hell, which was released in 1995.

“It was not my comparison to him” He explains. “Yeah, I saw how much he got paid. For some reason I thought, ‘Why shouldn’t I make this movie?’

And it’s no different than when I graced the cover of Vanity Fair while pregnant. I didn’t understand why it was so bad, why did pregnant women have to hide?”

The astronomical fee received by Demi Moore for filming in the strip turned out to be a poisoned chalice. Not only did the film underperform at the box office, grossing only $113 million, it was widely panned by critics and derailed his career for a while.

After that film, which would be hit by A Equal Arms, he was never able to regain his past status as an ultra-bankable headliner.