“But because I was making a film that was about the world of stripping and the body, I felt very ashamed.”
The actress, who also made sexist comments about her male appearance in 1997 GI Janeexplained: “With Stripteaseit was as if I had betrayed women, and with that GI Janeit was as if I had betrayed men.”
In another recent interview, Moore shared Variety its impressive Striptease The paycheck was “so powerful for me because it wasn’t just about me; it was about changing the playing field for all women. But because I played a stripper, I betrayed women.”
Despite feeling powerful, she said, “The narrative quickly became, ‘Well, she only gets paid that amount of money because she plays a stripper.’ It hit me very hard.