Gina Gershon 'suffered PTSD over Showgirls'
Gina Gershon knew Showgirls "was going to be a disaster".
Gina Gershon suffered "a lot of PTSD" following the release of Showgirls.
The 63-year-old actress starred alongside Elizabeth Berkley in the 1995 erotic drama film, which centers on a woman who hitchhikes to Las Vegas to pursue her dreams of being a showgirl, but Gina admits that she didn't enjoy making the much-maligned movie.
She told The Independent: "I realized I have a lot of PTSD around that movie."
The film was a box-office flop and was widely panned by critics.
Gina now admits that she "knew it was going to be a disaster".
The actress shared: "They were like, this is gonna be huge – but I knew it was going to be a disaster.
"I was always happy with my work in it, but I knew that it was not going to be what people thought it would be. And I was scared, so I just told my agents, ‘Get me another job before Showgirls comes out. I need to show that I really am an actress.’"
Gina has hired and fired lots of different agents over the years, but the actress doesn't have any regrets about her approach.
She explained: "I do think my career would have been much easier if I’d had agents that really got me.
"I’ve had to go through several different ones, because I just don’t want to spend time playing characters I’m not invested in. It would have been nice if we were all on the same page, but at the end of the day, it’s my book, and it’s my story."
Gina believes that a lot of her projects take years to be fully appreciated, including Showgirls, which has become a cult film in recent times.
The veteran actress said: "I remember I was doing Cabaret on Broadway [in 2001] and there was a whole side of a building with my face on it. That was huge! But then, of course, it goes away, and then I’m like, ‘Ooh, what if I never work again?’
"And my movies always take, like, 20 years to be seen. Critics loved Bound, but people were very, like, ‘Let’s sweep this under the rug because it’s a lesbian movie and no one’s gonna want to see it.’ And Showgirls was shunned, but now it’s 30 years later, and screenings of it are selling out, and people love it."
