In 1996, Demi Moore became the world’s highest-paid actress, but despite her impressive title, she has now revealed there was an overwhelming sense of shame that came along with it. Demi, 61, who was married to Bruce Willis at the time, was everywhere in the late 90s. From her role as the determined Erin Grant in Striptease to Lieutenant Jordan O’Neill in G.
I. Jane, she dominated the box office. Earning an impressive $12.
5million (£9.44m) for her roles in successful films, she became Hollywood’s highest-paid actress that year, rivalling male actors in the industry, including Bruce. But while it’s an achievement many can only dream of, Demi has now shared there was an unexpected dark side that came alongside it.
Speaking about her role in Striptease, which saw her play a woman whose child was taken away from her in a custody battle resulting in her turning to stripping in order to earn enough money to get her back, Demi said it was ‘as if I had betrayed women’. While in G.I Jane, where she played Jordan, a woman trying to prove her worth in the male-dominated Navy Special Warfare Group, was ‘as if I had betrayed men’.
‘I think the interesting piece is that when I became the highest-paid actress — why is it that, at that moment, the choice was to bring me down?’ she told The New York Times’ The Interview podcast . ‘I don’t take this personally. I think anyone who had been in the position that was the first to get that kind of equality of pay would p.