Gina Gershon
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
you know, my agents at the time, they were like, you know, we're going to put you in a big movies.
You're going to become a big movie star.
And I'm like, I need something that shows I can act like seriously now, like this isn't going to be what you think it's going to be.
And when I read bound, I just, I was like,
You know, like the woman gets to be the hero, you know, gets the girl, gets the cash, gets everything.
I'd never read a part like that.
And that, that showed it was, it was, you know, the typical male, you know, the heroes were men.
And I'm like, wow, the female gets to be the hero.
Well, at the time, listen, no one wanted to make this movie just because it was about, quote unquote, lesbians.
It's not really what it's about.
And but in Hollywood land, it was my agents were like, you can't do this movie.
It's going to ruin your career.
You just played a lesbian.
I'm like, you know what?
She she was a whatever.